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TIL that German is an official language of Belgium despite being spoken natively by less than 1% of the population

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W7vyY TIL Before there was year-round scheduled ferry service to Prince Edward Island, "professional ice-boat people" were offering passage there as early as the 1820s. During winter crew members and economy passengers got out of the boat and haul 24km over ice covered waters
yQAvJ TIL California is the first state to ban pet stores from selling pets from commercial breeders under the Pet Rescue & Adoption Act; pet stores may sell only rescue & shelter animals. Violators of the law will be fined $500 per animal. CA citizens can still buy pets directly from private breeders.
LkKYr TIL: Ustad, or T-24, a wild tiger labelled a man-eater for supposedly killing four men in nine years. Due to his aggressive nature, attributed to multiple sedations for medical concerns, he was placed in captivity to the dismay of many. He is the only tiger ever featured on India Today's cover.
b1PQ TIL @ 2009 with movies like “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”, “Legally Blonde” and stars like Paris Hilton, California animal shelters were overpopulated with Chihuahuas. Several rescue organizations took these Chihuahua, flew them to cities in the East Coast where there was a Chihuahua deficit.
KY8vE TIL the Gibson guitar that Peter Frampton played on his 1976 album “Frampton Comes Alive!”, was lost for 32 years after the guitar was put on a cargo plane that crashed. The guitar ended up being owned by a musician on a Caribbean island, before a collector spotted it and contacted Frampton in 2012.