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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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79A7 TIL that when ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ began, Patrick Stewart dreaded having to learn and recite technobabble dialogue. He got used to doing so, however, and “space-time continuum” became his favorite technical phrase.
N7gEQ TIL that penguin prostitutes have sex with unattached males and take a pebble from the male's nest after having sex
R7pvQ TIL that till 1915, It was legal to mail babies from one place to another in America, If they were under the 11 pound weight limit.
Lk0J0 TIL that the term "riding shotgun" comes from the word "shotgun messenger" referring to the guard sitting next to the Stagecoach driver who used a shotgun to ward off robbers and miscreants. This found its way into popular culture through Hollywood's love of Westerns
jBJv TIL 3 people were hanged for the 1660 murder of William Harrison in the year 1661. In 1662, William Harrison returned on a ship after escaping slavery, having been kidnapped by pirates. This lead to the “no body, no murder” rule.