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TIL Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ movie caused shawarma sales to SKYROCKET nationwide

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ykdM TIL: A fox shot his hunter in Belorussia(now Belarus). The man tried to finish off the fox with the butt of his rifle, but the fox pulled the trigger with its paws, wounding the man in the process.
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