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TIL The Dead Sea Shrinks About 3 Feet Every Year And Will Be Gone In 30 Years.

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5YYNr TIL that there are beds inside most tractor trailer cabins.
lKLN TIL That homeschooling is illegal in >25 countries, including Germany, Greece, Sweeden, Cuba, Brazil and Turkey
xwy5 TIL Spain protected and gave thousands of Irish people fleeing British persecution Spanish citizenship. King Philip V issued a decree 1701 stating “ the Irish were to be treated as native Spaniards” The Spanish also believed the Irish were descendants of an ancient Spanish King
VBgXQ TIL while a Cat’s purring mostly remains a mystery; researchers have observed that the tonal frequency of their inhale/exhale patterns are unchanged, & have been observed to be a cat’s attempt to heal itself or another bonded creature
OG9L7 TIL Leon Trotsky was murdered in Mexico in 1940 via ice axe by soviet agent Ramon Mercader. After Mercader was released from prison in 1960 he was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union medal and the Order of Lenin medal