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TIL Cats have contributed to the extinction of 60+ species

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4k6EJ TIL only about 5% of Americans get their daily recommended value of fiber
N7NyE TIL bilinguals have increased executive control, which is responsible for the cognitive control of behavior. This is because bilinguals need to train their brain to suppress one language when speaking the other. As a result, they become better at controlling behavior and impulses in general.
j6PM TIL: In the Grimm version of Snow White, the evil queen dies by being forced to wear red-hot iron shoes at Snow White’s wedding party
gMk64 TIL dogs would often dig up bodies and tombs in ancient Egypt, which was a problem because the dead and their belongings were sacred. So, the Egyptians gave the god Anubis a canine head and made him "protector of the dead."
VMv4k TIL that the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide, a militant organisation active from 1975 to 1987, attacked Turkish representatives and interests in Europe, North America and Australia, killing more than 30 people, among them more than 10 Turkish diplomats and attachés