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TIL, the ancient dog breed Xoloitzcuintli, the dog from Coco, was nearly extinct by 1950 and was revived from a group 10 pure bred when an expedition scoured most of Mexico in search for them

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O4d6 TIL there is a place called Christmas Island that has millions of red crabs hatch and march across the island.
xV1No TIL of Idlewild, Michigan which from 1912 until the end of segregation was known as ‘The Black Eden’ - one of the few places where black Americans could fish, hunt, vacation, party and buy land in peace, without interference.
N7vWE TIL about the Cagots, a highly persecuted minority on the French-Spanish border, who were the same ethnicity and religion as their persecutors.
N7pmM TIL Cremating a single body requires enough fuel to fill two SUV fuel tanks.
gMXY4 TIL When you take cocaine, the odds of you having a heart attack in the next hour goes up 24 times or 2400 %