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TIL that dogs have a larger carbon footprint than an SUV

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b69Ka TIL During Julius Caesar's siege of a Gallic fort, the Romans dug tunnels under the spring that served as the fort's water supply. The defenders, believing that the spring drying up was a sign from the gods, surrendered. Caesar spared their lives, but had their hands cut off.
j6RYX TIL that in Japan 🇯🇵 there is one vending machine for every 23 inhabitants.
R5kr8 TIL Almost 300 birds were shot at the 1900 Summer Olympics. This was the only Olympic Game to use live animals as targets.
nXLP TIL Mormons love Jell-O so much that it is Utah’s official state snack food and the biggest region where Mormons live is called the “Jell-O Belt”
QNakk TIL Pluto is no longer a planet not because of its size but because it has "not cleared its neighboring region of other objects.”