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TIL PETA (the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have themselves euthanized an estimated 85% of the animals they rescue

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xE6k TIL The Arabic word for hamster roughly translates as “Mr Saddlebags”.
BgdXd TIL in 1943, a dutch warship captain disguised his vessel as a tropical island and managed to escape to Australia, avoiding detection by the Japanese navy and air force.
9YjrG TIL Since the 19th century, the average human body temperature has dropped 0.05° F each decade. Our average body temperature is now down to 97.9°.
W74QB TIL that within the Indo-European language family, Hindi and Persian are more closely related to English than Greek and Albanian are.
gVQ4 TIL that in 2013, a 15 year old Alabama boy committed suicide after learning he might be placed on the sex offender registry after “streaking” at a high school football game.