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TIL between 2013-2014 there were 15,500 dogs killed by other dogs; 95% of the killings were done by pit bulls alone.

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R7rJa TIL that in 2015, Prince voiced his dislike of record labels saying "Record contracts are just like — I'm gonna say the word – slavery." He concluded "I would tell any young artist ... don't sign." At the time he advocated seeing artists paid directly from streaming services, cutting out middlemen.
kJlYm TIL the face of Wolverine was inspired by actor Paul D'Amato
NXvK8 TIL some (native/wild) animals are more common in the suburbs than in rural wild areas (at least in N America). After noticing this myself, I wondered if suburban animals were just "easier to spot" or there really were more so I did some research. Depending on the species, there really are more.
m5wM TIL that Bea Arthur (Dorothy in The Golden Girls) left $300,000 to an organization that houses homeless LGBT youth after she died in 2009.
R7Rnl TIL, CBC had a contest to complete the phrase "as Canadian as ____" (by analogy with "as American as apple pie"). The winner: "as Canadian as possible, under the circumstances"