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TIL that PETA euthanized 95% of the animals in the shelter at its main headquarters in 2011.

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lopvV TIL that Sketchers and L.A. Gear were founded by the same guy.
LAQm TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Satan and his demons were cast down to earth from heaven 100 years ago today: October 1, 1914
wo61M TIL about Oradour-sur-Glane, a French village where Nazi troops massacred its 643 inhabitants as collective punishment for Résistance activity. Women and children were burned alive in a church, while men were taken to barns, shot in the legs and set on fire as well.
OG4PL TIL That during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, a black bear and incorrect wiring sounded a claxon that caused nuclear armed F-106 fighters to scramble from a base in Wisconsin. It was found to be a false alarm as the planes were already rolling towards takeoff.
kgg4 TIL of John Stapp, a man who withstood 46.2 Gs of gravity, suffered a detached retina and went 632 MPH all in a single run on a deceleration sled