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TIL that euthanasia accounted for almost two percent of total deaths of in Belgium in 2012. Since euthanasia was made legal in 2002, it has been increasing every year.

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8XvV TIL the fedora tip meme guy was a character in freaks and geeks
95xB TIL Only about 60-80% of your height is due to genetics, the rest is mainly due to nutrition.
eQME TIL that in 1859, an American farmer in the San Juan Islands shot a pig who was eating his potatoes, but the pig happened to belong to a British colonist. In the ensuing confrontation, 461 Americans and 14 artillery faced 5 British warships with 70 cannons and 2140 men. The only casualty was the pig
16oAO TIL there is a legend that Gibraltar will remain British as long as the local macaque monkey population exists. During WWII the population dwindled to only 7, and Churchill ordered their numbers to be replenished because of this belief
R7aY1 TIL of No Kum-Sok, a North Korean pilot who defected to South Korea by flying his MiG-15 near-supersonic across the border. After nearly crashing into an F-86 while landing, he taxied, parked his plane, exited and began tearing a picture of Kim Il-Sung.