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TIL PETA euthanize 86% of the animals that they rescue.

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VMa5Z TIL that just four U.S. states - California, Texas, Florida and New York - account for 1/3 of the U.S. population (not counting territories).
8bWb TIL Jamie Brewer from American Horror Story persuaded Texas senators to abolish the word “retarded” from state legislation.
YPDB TIL that pitch has a viscosity 230 billion times that of water. There is an experiment at U of Queensland; pitch was allowed to drip in 1930, and since that time only 8 drops have fallen. The last drop fell on 28/11/00, and the next drop is expected to fall this year.
v1mZK TIL of Masaniello, an ordinary fisherman in Naples, who in 1647, organized a revolt against the government in a single day over a newly imposed fruit tax, and was declared by the people and Duke himself as “captain-general” of Naples... only to be assassinated 9 days later.
PaEe TIL a team of Italian scientists have mathematically demonstrated that companies would be more efficient if they promoted their employees at random.