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TIL that about 4 million cats are eaten in Asia every year.

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QNxVp TIL of Locusta, a notorious ancient Roman serial killer and poisoner who lived during the 1st century AD. Renowned for her expertise in toxic substances, Locusta gained infamy by providing poisons to prominent figures, including Roman emperors. She was eventually executed by Emperor Nero.
p8EvQ TIL that Sigmund Freud (sigismund schlomo freud) took a ton of cocain during his studys about the human mind
LY0P TIL It takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminum than it does to make it from raw materials.
JMym TIL the Great Mosque of Paris sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and supplied them with Muslim identity certificates
jNKPQ TIL about the "omnipotence paradox," where the ability to do anything and everything seems to lead to logically contradictory ideas such as creating square circles. Its most well-known version is the so-called paradox of the stone: "Could God create a stone so heavy that even He could not lift it?"