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TIL that cats have contributed to the extinction of 32 species

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xVk51 TIL That skulls have been found in China that are part human, part neanderthal
4XKbw TIL That after a two-year impasse with no new Pope, the Cardinals elected a hermit monk who sent them an angry letter, threatening them with divine judgement. He became Celestine V. He served for five months before implementing a law that allowed Popes to abdicate. He abdicated a week later.
OoXRe TIL McDonalds tried to create bubblegum flavored broccoli to appeal to kids. The kids hated it and it was taken off the menu
Wk4p8 TIL about the dutch town of Urk. This former island was connected to the newly poldered province of Flevoland in the 1930s. Due to its history, when referencing events that happened there, it is still reffered to as 'on Urk', rather than 'in Urk'
j6Vma TIL Robert Kajuga, leader of the Interahamwe, had a Tutsi father