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TIL Dogs are the most popular pets in the US, and 44.6% of American households have dogs.

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jNKDa TIL that the jolly fat person that people generally associate with Buddha is actually a different person - a Buddhist monk named Budai. Buddha himself is not usually depicted as fat.
oRxdR TIL that Steve Irwin Nammed His Daughter After His 2 favorite pets.
EgW0o TIL the typical Japanese dish "tempura" comes from Portugal. The name comes from Latin "tempora", meaning "times" or "time period", referring to fasting times when Cathloics avoided eating meat and ate fish or vegetables instead
nPbd TIL: After Jesse James’ death in 1882, his mother bought many second hand guns, and would sell them claiming them to have belonged to Jesse, leading many people to believe they owned a gun that had belonged to the infamous outlaw
d87mB TIL Since suicide is an unforgivable sin for christians many people, especialy women in 18th century resorted to suicide by proxy. They would usualy murder a child, a crime punishable by death and ask for forgiveness right before the execution