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TIL in Trigueros del Valle, Spain, animals have the same rights as people since 2015, signifying equal entitlement to life, freedom, and respect, with strict prohibitions against mistreatment or abandonment.

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R656 TIL in 2005 United Airlines terminated all of its Employee Pension Plans, which covered 134,000 workers
rRYD1 TIL more people have died climbing Table Mountain in Cape Town, than have been killed by Everest. Poor planning, dehydration and even losing concentration while taking selfies are to blame.
oBdWL TIL that the term "bug" existed before a real bug in a computer caused it to crash, and that the term was used before by electrical engineers to refer to hard-to-find physical defects that hindered the operation of an electric device.
7rO6b TIL about a guy who disappeared in to the woods for 27 years and survived by committing about 1000 burglaries
OLa1 TIL of Santa Muerte, a female skeletal figure primarily worshipped in Mexico. Among many other things, she’s the patron saint of: Homosexuals, Love, Police Officers, Drug Dealers, Smugglers, Mariachi Players and Bicycle Messengers.