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TIL 92% of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels have skull malformations that squish part of their brain into their spinal column.

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Oo547 TIL: In 1855 the mayor of Los Angeles, Stephen Foster, convinced a mob to not kill an accused murderer, but to try him in a court of law. When the accused man was acquitted, the mayor resigned and led a lynch mob to kill the man. He was re-elected a year later.
Z8MVo TIL that poisonous snakes actually exist.
Qy6L TIL Norway gets 98-99% of its electricity from hydroelectric power, more than any other country
brg9 TIL there’s a water slide in Germany which is so intense, that women are banned from riding it
YkDv TIL that when they reach a certain elevation, French mountain climbers switch from the formal “vous” to the personal “tu” form of “you”, as all become equal in the face of the enormousness of nature.