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TIL in Russia, squirrels have been known to hunt dogs.

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5Yg8Q TIL the U.S has more Spanish speakers than Spain.
J1j8m TIL Tofu is sometimes severed in a sweet dessert. There are various national and local recipes, most are a soft tofu served with syrups.
9w7x6 TIL that Sigmund Freud was a Cocaine Addict, and he personally prescribed it to his wife and friends
4kLlR TIL Tolkien began work on a sequel to Lord of the Rings, but abandoned the manuscript because the magical age of Middle Earth was the only setting he wished to write a story in
Y7GpZ TIL about Helios Flight 522. An engineer failed to set the pressurization system back to auto from manual, causing most (except 2 flight attendants) to lose consciousness. The auto-pilot reached Greece and stayed in a holding pattern until they ran out of fuel and crashed, killing all 121 onboard.