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TIL that in 1937 a newspaper published a full-page map predicting Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

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W7Jmd TIL Caxias do Sul, Brazil is home to a makeshift slum built specifically for stray dogs and cats housed by a animal rights group. With a population of 1000s, it mimics the conditions the country's most impoverished live in, even monetary restraints have caused problems with properly feeding them.
vMwK TIL that Steve Tilston, an English folk singer, was sent a letter from John Lennon in 1971 in which John wrote, “Being rich doesn’t change your experience in the way you think.” Steve Tilston didn’t receive this letter until 2005, 32 years later.
BjRd TIL According to psychologist Arthur Aron, there are 36 questions that could lead to love. Each question is more probing than the previous one and leads to a mutual vulnerability that fosters closeness. The final exercise is to stare into each other’s eyes for 4 minutes.
MXMB TIL up to 80,000 female tourists visit Jamaica every year to have sex with local men
arky TIL we have been to the deepest parts of the ocean, only to find that our own trash beat us there.