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TIL - Half of America’s teachers graduated in the bottom third of their college class

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XPdX TIL a Belgian convicted rapist and murderer has requested to be euthanized, which has been granted
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GAeWg TIL about the Great British Dog and Cat Massacre of 1939. In which Londoners, to prepare for war with Nazi Germany, voluntarily killed over 400,000 of their home pets in a one month period so as to ease the strain on resources.
ReDj TIL that an island in the Pacific worships an American pilot as a deity after his plane crashed on the island in the 1930s. They believe he lives in a volcano on the island and will one day shower them with riches.
b9o69 TIL that there are 5 temples in Kyoto, Japan that have blood stained ceilings. The ceilings are made from the floorboards of a castle where warriors killed themselves after a long hold-off against an army.