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TIL that people feel more sympathy for dogs than they do for people.

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8Pxb TIL that the single largest infiltration of the United States government in history was committed by the Church of Scientology in order to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard.
xVrRB TIL in the entire "Treehouse of Horror" series on "The Simpsons" only the first episode actually takes place in a treehouse
E17YV TIL that undersea cables are the backbone of internet transmission. Although satellites are used when cables aren't practical, underwater cables will be what we rely on for the next few decades
VP98 TIL that Today all Dutch trains are powered 100% by wind energy
WkQb4 TIL that Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish poet, in 1943 tried to escape from a Nazi work camp in Tarnopol (now Ukraine), for which he was sentenced to death. While digging his own grave, he killed a guard with a shovel and successfully escaped disguised as a Wermacht soldier.