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TIL That while the two cities border each other, El Paso, TX is one of the safest large cities in the US and Juarez, Mexico is one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

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X0eXP TIL that the "devil's advocate" was a title given in the Catholic Church. The Devil's Advocate's job was to argue against the canonization of any candidate.
M7JWV TIL that the majority of recorded sloth deaths in Costa Rica are due to contact with electrical lines and poachers. Their claws also provide another; when hanging upside-down in a tree, they are held in place by the claws themselves and often do not fall down even if shot from below.
VBWdB TIL There are around 300 petroglyph sites on the British Columbia coast, with concentrations on Gabriola Island. Only fewer than 30 can be dated and erosion means it is unlikely ancient carvings would be preserved. The Snuneymuxw request no photographs or rubbings be taken of the petroglyphs
9Yo7m TIL about mud cookies that made from dirt mixed with salt and vegetable shortening or fat. People eat them as a way to stave off starvation in one of the poorest country on Earth, Haiti.
eLMD TIL Syd Barrett, original member of Pink Floyd, experienced extreme synesthesia and would give his band musical directions such as, “Perhaps we could make the middle darker and maybe the end a bit middle afternoonish. At the moment it’s too windy and icy.”