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TIL that more people in the US speak Spanish than in Spain

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rDpe TIL a paedophile in Thailand posted a picture of himself with a swirl effect on his face, allowing the Interpol to unswirl the image back and arrest him
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VE5Z TIL that a dog called Capitan has slept and rarely left his owners grave since he died 6 years ago. And no one never showed him the grave, he found it himself and refused to leave when close family tried to take him home