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TIL that PETA kills 89% of the animals it takes in

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woplE TIL that in 2007, hunters found in a bowhead whale a 90 mm head of an explosive bomb lance of a model manufactured between 1879 and 1885, allowing to estimate the animal's age at between 115 and 130 years.
gMdyW TIL from the ages of 1 to 44 you are most likely to die from an accident. From the age of 45 on, you are most likely to die from cancer or heart disease. (Under 1, you are most likely to die from a birth defect)
7rMPb TIL after being traded since 1961, Pork Bellies were de-listed from the stock exchange in 2011 due to low trading volumes. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice is on the verge of being de-listed too.
MeBra TIL the state of Maryland narrows to a width of less than two miles (3 km) in the Hancock area—the smallest non-vertex border-to-border distance of any U.S. state
v84j TIL Thomas Jefferson believed blacks were inherently inferior to whites, but were superior in musical ability.