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TIL 70% of guns used by the Mexican cartels are smuggled in from the US

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QNEx9 TIL that the Pokemon Charizard inspired the naming of Chilicola charizard, a species of stem-nesting bee.
kJBQe TIL while on the California Supreme Court, Stephen Johnson Field had a special coat made with pockets large enough to hold two pistols so that he could fire the weapons inside the pockets
QJ6BX TIL that the toothbrush was found as the most essential invention of mankind, beating the car, the personal computer, the cellphone and the microwave, in a survey conducted by MIT.
WkEL TIL that 21 out of 29 dogs yawn too if a stranger yawns at them, but don’t if the stranger simply opens their mouth
GeOG TIL a clothes shop in Beijing banned Chinese customers and is perfectly legal in China as there is no legal ban on racial discrimination. One employee’s explanation for the ban was that some Chinese customers are too annoying & that Chinese women often try lots of clothing but end up buying nothing.