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TIL for every person on earth, there is 62 LEGO pieces.

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j69la TIL in addition to cryptids, North American folklore includes dozens of “fearsome critters,” like the Agropelter, a beast that throws sticks at passersby from hollow trees.
Wk5O8 TIL a Romanian urban planning program referred to as Systematization, implemented under communist leader Ceaușescu, forced people in Bucharest to move en masse to apartments. Many abandoned their dogs in the process, creating a stray dog problem that persists today.
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