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TIL that in the UK you are legally required to stop if you run over a dog, but not a cat.

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0w8wp TIL that kids falling victim to tampered Halloween candy is an urban myth. None of the reports have found to be true. In one case a child died from heroin found at a relative's. In another a child died after eating cyanide-laced candy from his father who'd taken out a life insurance policy on him.
DQK8g TIL Vatican City has a national football (soccer) team.
5yjP TIL that in 2013 alone more than 1,000 park rangers died trying to save African elephants from poachers.
R7pNw TIL In 2001, the FBI's computer system was so antiquated that it had no access to the internet and no digital search capabilities.
8jbZ TIL that J.R.R.Tolkien (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings) and C.S.Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia) were friends at Oxford. They organised a literary group for budding writers who would share their stories over lunch and a beer in the same pub every Tuesday.