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TIL The WHO estimates the total number of stray dogs to be about 200 million, and the total population of free-range dogs to make up about 75-85% of the global dog population.

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6dYw TIL the sun is a very nearly perfect sphere: its equilateral and polar diameter differ by only 10 km (6.2 Miles)
9Y1e6 TIL the reason why the top trim Toyota Tundra is named 1794 Edition is because the ranch that used to be on the land Toyota's Texan factory occupies was founded in 1794.
xWy7 TIL a philosophy riddle from 1688 was recently solved. If a man born blind can feel the differences between shapes such as spheres and cubes, could he, if given the ability, distinguish those objects by sight alone? In 2003 five people had their sight restored though surgery, and, no they could not.
mpRx TIL that 7% of religious Americans pray to God about finding a good parking spot.
J5v TIL that a random guy on a beach in Scotland found an axe head that could be 450,000 years old