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TIL that a family in China adopted what they thought was a dog and raised it for 2 years, only to find out it was an Asiatic black bear. They reportedly couldn't figure out why the dog kept growing. It turns out that sort of mix-up happens fairly often.

07ky TIL in 2009, Burger King ran the “Whopper Sacrifice” campaign, which offered a free hamburger to anyone who deleted ten friends off Facebook. Facebook suspended the program because Burger King was sending notifications to the castoffs letting them know they’d been dropped for a sandwich.
ep66D TIL Luis "The Beast" Garavita, the world's most prolific serial killer, was sentenced to 1853 years in prison for the deaths of 193 children in Colombia, but his sentence was reduced to 22 years after he helped the police find many of the victims' bodies. He becomes eligible for parole this year.
78Rwx TIL research on an ancient Phoenician shipwreck found near Sicily revealed that the ship's parts were designed to be easily assembled and each part was marked with a letter in their Alphabet, the first in the world
QJ4PX TIL it is a common custom in Green Bay and other Wisconsin cities to put a baby's name on the Packers season ticket holder list as soon as the birth certificate is obtained.
4XPVa TIL A six year old girl in the UK found a secret message inside a Christmas card "Please help us and notify human rights organisation." It was allegedly written by a prisoner working in a Chinese factory. Tesco (British supermarket) suspended production of cards at the factory.