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TIL This Giant Prehistoric Owl Was an Actual Cannibal

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ggjX TIL in 1954 the Soviet Union applied to join NATO… they were rejected
b9Bgj TIL that 95% of all Thoroughbred racehorses can be traced back to a single 18th-century stallion
P1Lnn TIL the terms Red States and Blue States was not widely used until the 2000 US Presidential Election
neBkP TIL that in Roman times, urine was used by slaves in wool-making and was so important to the process of fulling that it was actually taxed.
lo6lB TIL that there is a small café in France that sells coffee to rude customers for €7 while polite customers get coffee for €1.40.