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TIL that contrary to popular belief, pet dogs are at least as likely as cats to start eating their dead owners

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9wy0D TIL that since 1945, the Netherlands has sent Canada thousands of tulips every year as a thank-you for sheltering their royal family during WWII. This annual gift led to the creation of the famous Canadian Tulip Festival.
WKK4 TIL Oscar Z Acosta, better known as Hunter S Thompson’s attorney in Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, vanished while traveling Mexico in 1974. No traces of him have ever been found.
newxr TIL that Branford Marsalis played saxophone on Public Enemy's Fight the Power
ANwga TIL - There were female gladiators in ancient Rome.
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