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TIL Costa Rica is home to 10% of the world’s known butterfly species.

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0aVA TIL that Switzerland is unique in having enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population, should they ever be needed.
5AY9 TIL A man that Jeffrey Dahmer was planning to kill robbed him after Jeffrey accidentally consumed the drink laden with sedatives intended for that victim.
xkx0 TIL in spring 2012 Wired Magazine reported the NSA created a massive Utah data center where ‘Everybody’s a target; everybody with communication is a target.’ As well, NO ONE upvoted a submission by 'TheGreatWhiteHorse’ a year ago on this very topic.
WkZMX TIL an illegal number is a number that represents information which is illegal to possess, utter, propagate, or otherwise transmit in some legal jurisdiction
DOgj TIL some WWII POWs in Japan, would keep their morale up and defy guards by holding in their farts until they were made to bow to a portrait of Emperor Hirohito. At the lowest point of their bow they would let loose.