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TIL nearly 70% of the 99,000 weapons seized in Mexico in connection with criminal activity from 2007 to 2011 came from the United States.

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1JrX TIL that in Japan there is a railway company that employs a cat as a “Super Station Master”. She is the only female employee in a managerial position
wLVOP TIL scientists have begun using the soot on feathers of birds in museum collections to track changes in air pollution over the last century. The specimens yield very precise data on black carbon levels.
8a6d4 TIL that there is an exact replica of Stonehenge made entirely out of cars putting Alliance, Nebraska on the map, aptly called Carhenge
xyb0 TIL that even though dynamite plays a big part in the ending of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, dynamite wasn’t actually invented until almost a decade after the time period in which the film was set.
y9vV TIL the difference between Wile E. Coyote and Ralph Coyote. Both had brown fur and pointy ears, but Wile E. had a black nose, yellow eyes, and went after the Roadrunner, while Ralph had a red nose, white eyes, and went after sheep (guarded by Sam Sheepdog).