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TIL the name Pakistan is an acronym - Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan.

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QNQN9 TIL about Starlight Tours in Canada where indigenous people are murdered when drunk by being driving out far in the cold wilderness and left there
Zpeyp TIL of ray cat, a proposed kind of cat that would be genetically engineered to glow in the presence of nuclear radiation to act as a long-term nuclear warning. This is done by inventing traditions of folklore which spread the idea that people should flee when a cat changes color
5YBe9 TIL within a span of 60 years in the 16th century, 3 epidemics (1 Smallpox and 2 Cocoliztli) killed an estimated 40%, 80% and 50% of the population (at the time) of Mexico. They started with the arrival of the Spanish and particularly targeted the indigenous people. Estimated 25 million deaths.
KYQdw Today I learned that Rogaine is fatally toxic to pets, even after it has dried (I’m a vet tech and experienced a sad case this week)
QJEBE TIL Evangeline Lilly agreed to play Tauriel in the Hobbit movies on the condition she would not be part of a love triangle; the love triangle was added during reshoots.