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TIL the Snoop Dogg pleaded to his brother-in-law, the Peanut Butter Jelly Time singer, to surrender to cops after an 11 hour showdown

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PYYXZ TIL if everyone in the world lived an American lifestyle, it would require four Earths to sustain that level of consumption. I'm pretty sure that this remarkable guide about sustainable living is almost unknown, lost in the sea of Internet information, however, I've found it inspiring.
OGoQ4 TIL that collecting orchids was so popular among the Victorians that it had a name - "orchidelirium." Orchids would often die after collection due to lack of knowledge about their cultivation. The craze reduced after international trade in wild orchids was banned in 1973.
jxjN TIL that in a siege against a gallic city, Julius Caesar actually built a second wall around the city to keep its occupants from leaving.
yQN1e TIL of the PUPPERS Act, which protects dogs from inhumane experimentation.
x6kRw TIL The University of the South Pacific has campuses in all 12 Pacific Island countries and is one of only two universities in the world that is run as an intergovernmental organisation