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TIL that North Koreans eat 375 calories a day

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w7eW TIL Emily the cow escaped from a slaughterhouse minutes before her turn at the abattoir, wandered for 40 days eluding capture, went on to live for 8 more years before getting a memorial on her grave
R5D76 TIL in the Netherlands there is a chain of restaurants called 'Brownies & Downies'. The majority of the work force has Down syndrome (link in Dutch).
4X9pR TIL this abandoned, unfinished 50,000 square foot mega mansion on 32 acres in Wisconsin was built by Hollywood Video founder Mark Wattles. It was to feature an indoor sports court/pool and a 60-car subterranean garage. He spent $12 million and then never finished it...
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jG8a TIL in 1943, a former childhood friend of Hitler called Eugen Wasner told an anecdote to his Wehrmacht friends about 9 yr old Hitler trying to pee into a goat’s mouth. The goat then bit his penis, and Hitler ran away crying. Wasner was subsequently sentenced to death.