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TIL: Inadequate hand washing contributes to nearly 50 percent of all food borne illness outbreaks.

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JYyQ4 TIL of Arthur, an street dog from Ecuador who followed a Swedish sports team during a marathon after they gave him a canned meatball. Afterwards, they adopted him and took him back to Sweden. He inspired a foundation to rescue other street dogs.
LQjE9 TIL of Užupis, a self-proclaimed independent nation that declared its independence on April Fool's. Included in the Constitution are "everyone has the right to love a cat" and "a dog has the right to be a dog."
jNagE TIL that Samuel Little was the most prolific American serial killer. He claimed to have killed as many as 93 women and the FBI has confirmed his involvement in at least 50 murders, the largest number of proven cases for any serial killer in US history.
yjQp TIL that in 1963, Australian authorities were alerted to an infestation of Marijuana plants growing in the Hunter Valley region. At its peak it spanned 30 square kilometers. It took 9 years to eradicate. People would walk in and out of the infestation, take weed and leave.
OQJY TIL that a 50s scientist tried to teach dolphins to talk, only to discover that they really love handjobs.