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TIL Mexico has only one gun store.

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9Y5b7 TIL that Benjamin Franklin used chess as a means of learning Italian. He would play games with a friend who was also studying the language. The winner of their match assigned a task to the loser; such as making them learn some Italian grammar, which had to be performed before their next match.
mxMGE TIL the Ashera is the world's most expensive domestic cat. The cat was developed by a British businessman in 2007 by cross-breeding two wild cats and a domestic cat. The size of a small dog, the Ashera can sell for as much as $125,000.
mxo6x TIL that voice actress Tara Strong made a woman who recently gave birth lactate when she "cried" for her audition as Dil Pickles on Rugrats.
wLWWY TIL England has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows since the 1930's 🌿🌻
XlEr TIL that out of 11 climate zones known in the world, the Azerbaijani climate has nine.