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TIL squirrels are opportunistic predators, and will eat birds

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NX7eE TIL that the European Union has a defensive alliance. This clause provides that if an EU country is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other EU countries have an obligation to aid and assist it by all the means in their power.
16008 TIL: In Laos, as of last year, meth prices dropped to $0.25, making it cheaper than beer. Laos now joins Myanmar and Thailand as having the cheapest meth in the world.
N7Re6 TIL black stones in Go are manufactured to be slightly larger compared to the white ones, to compensate for the optical illusion of white objects looking bigger when placed adjacent to black objects.
DQ9Yj TIL Leonardo DiCaprio almost lost the role of titanic because he refused to do a screen test for James Cameron. In turn Cameron was ready to turn Leo away. But he immediately reconsidered and went to audition Which led James to cast him for the role.
JYpLl TIL the Ru of RuPaul comes from the culinary term 'roux', a mix of flour and fat