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TIL in 2008, a couple who inherited a 378 acre farm in Costa Rica transformed it into a huge no-kill dog shelter. Over 1000 dogs, many recovering from illness, starvation and abuse, live there together. Visitors are welcome to walk and play with them.

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6EGlX TIL that in Inglorious Basterds, during the scene where Brad Pitt and his team pose as Italian film makers, the name Eli Roth’s character takes: Antonio Margheriti, is actually one of Quentin Tarantino’s favourite spaghetti Western director’s name.
Mer1W TIL that North-Korea is heavily involved in the manufacturing and even exporting of hard-drugs like methamphetamine. Even going as far as having state-run laboratories manufacturing them.
j68Yv TIL that it was once believed that pulling up a Mandrake would cause you to be condemned to Hell and so animals were tied to the root instead to pull the root out of the ground
X918 TIL that 2,000 Japanese were asked to name the best invention of the 20th Century. Their top two answers were Ramen noodles and Karaoke.
OpdX TIL Antarctica’s largest land animal is a 2mm-long insect called Belgica antarctica, the only insect on the continent.