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TIL in the Indian city of Gwalior, you can get a gun license by donating a few blankets to cows

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xVpK1 TIL an unknown species of spider constructs Stonehenge-like structures out of silk
QN409 Til there were no former US presidents alive at the time of NIxon’s resignation.
OomlY TIL that Australian billionaire Clive Palmer had a development plan he wanted to keep secret, so the architect jokingly labelled the block of land as "dinosaur park". After newspapers worldwide reported that they were planning to clone dinosaurs, 500 scientists applied to be involved in the process
6XBm TIL that the Canadian Football League has existed since 1909, and for the first three a university team beat three professionals to get the championship.
9Y5P7 TIL of the sinking of the PS General Slocum, the second worst disaster in terms of lives lost in NYC, in which many people drowned because the life jackets had been filled with iron in order to meet minimum weight requirements of the time.