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TIL In 2007, Iran arrested 14 squirrels who were suspiciously hanging around a nuclear enrichment plant. The fate of the squirrels is unknown.

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Yp4Yx TIL in 2006, a British man had a life-threatening illness, and thought he was about to die. He called his wife and confessed to having an affair with her best friend. He survived, and in 2010, she murdered him at their home. She was arrеstеd, and eventually sentenced to 582 days for manslaughter
XEROj TIL that Inuit in northern Greenland were using iron blades for centuries without knowledge of metallurgy. They made them by breaking pieces off of a huge iron meteorite and shaping them with heavy stones. They built their settlements close to the meteorite and used its iron for generations.
VMQXZ TIL that Trader Joe's hides a stuffed animal in a majority of their stores and if your child finds it they get a prize
v1O7j TIL that the city of Toronto once said that a staircase for seniors in a park would cost $65,000-$150,000 to build. In response, a man built it for $550, then the city tore it down.
Me600 TIL Over 90 percent of Mexico’s businesses are “microenterprises,” small-scale operations with workers or owners completely dependent on each day’s earnings. During the pandemic, Mexico City’s food mercados remain open, taco stands serve customers, and mariachis still come out, in order to survive