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TIL a pack of stray Chihuahuas terrorized Maryvale, AZ in 2014

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D1m9D TIL There is a Mayan dollar scam in Mexico where vendors use made up dollars to trick tourists. For instance, a vendor offers a gemstone or carving for $3. You pass him a $10 bill, but he only returns $1 and claims it is 3 Mayan dollars which is equivalent to $9
5Y8NR TIL when Flavor Flav was a child, he managed to both teach himself to play the piano at the age of 5 and set a house on fire while playing with a lighter.
gMa7y TIL Winston Churchill had zero qualms with using poisonous gasses on unruly subjects of the British Empire. "I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes," he declared in one secret memorandum.
be79 TIL chickens were first domesticated not for the purpose of food or egg production but for cock fighting, and in fact it wasn’t until the 20th century that egg and meat production began to be stressed.
oBKYK TIL that the Comanche call themselves Nʉmʉnʉʉ. The term "Comanche" comes from the Ute (a neighboring tribe) word for "enemy'