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TIL that the Yaghan people of Tierra del Fuego had a unique, now-extinct breed of "dog" that was domesticated from a fox-like South American canid called the culpeo

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neR07 TIL of the Second Mexican Empire where Napoleon ruthlessly took advantage of a distracted America post Civil-War by engaging in an imperial plan to annex Mexico into the French sovereignty. Napoleon aimed to create a New Virginia Colony in central Mexico & exempted new colonists from paying taxes.
gM8KW TIL Sign language users experience "tip of the finger" just like how English speakers experience "tip of the tongue".
gkrA TIL coach Paul Bear Bryant was once asked to contribute $10 to help pay for a sportswriter’s funeral. According to legend, he said, “Here’s a twenty, bury two.”
7AK7 TIL: The Beatles song “I am the Walrus” was written after John learned the English master in his former high school was making the class analyze lyrics from Beatles songs. In response, he wrote the most confusing lyrics he could, saying, “Let the fuckers work that one out.”
Roka TIL that in Canada, a sex doll in a schoolgirl outfit is considered “child pornography”.