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TIL Iran once arrested 14 squirrels for spying

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KYG04 TIL a Guatemalan boy saw soldiers come into his village and murder his parents along with the rest of the village, was adopted and raised in an abusive household by one of the men who massacred the villagers, and later gave testimony that sent the killer to prison with a 6,000 year sentence
rN78W TIL in the 1970s Playboy published nude photos of a 10-year old Brooke Shields in one of their publications. Brooke tried to take the photographer to court but they deemed the photos were “Art”.
oR1YY TIL Sperm Whales consume roughly twice as much seafood as all of humanity combined per year. With Sperm Whales (the largest toothed predators) consuming roughly 300 million tonnes per year and humans consuming about 160 million tonnes. (Further sources in comments)
9wD8B TIL Tapwater contains 2 mg/L of chlorine to remove germs and bacteria.
R7gN9 TIL: Pythagoras studied mathematics in Egypt and Babylon. Particularly notable as the Babylonians had the ‘Pythagorean theorem’ at least five hundred years before Greece.