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TIL that Toronto, trash panda capital of the world, spent CA $31 million on raccoon resistant trash bins which uber raccoons were able to figure out in a matter of days.

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R7Oja TIL there is a disgusting food museum in Berlin which shows disgusting dished from all around the world. They even have a taste bar for visitors to try some of them!
woADP TIL that Beluga Whales can mimic the pattern of human speech. One captive beluga, after overhearing divers using an underwater communication system, caused one of the divers to surface by imitating their order to get out of the water.
LkdlP TIL the alpaca was selectively bred from the vicuna to accentuate its naturally finer wool. Alpacas were a central part of Incan culture but were almost exterminated to make room for European domestic animals. The highland inhabitants saved the species by moving their herds to higher elevation.
wLJv7 TIL the Maori in New Zealand had their own dogs, but they couldn't survive breeding with the european dogs so died out within 100 years of Captain cook's first voyage.
W7ZlN TIL that during the Jonestown Massacre the attorney for Jim Jones risked his life to get a suitcase and then trekked through the jungle with it. An author who escaped with him assumed it had vital supplies they’d need to survive. It had a hairdryer he needed to hide his combover from the press.