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TIL Chocolate can be deadly for dogs because it contains theobromine, which they cannot effectively metabolize.

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nedg9 TIL since 1991 Russia has been involved in 12 wars
jNPxj TIL of the Wolfskinder (wolf-children). As the Red Army occupied East Prussia, 2 million German civilians fled. Many adults were killed, leaving behind ~45,000 young children who ran into the forests where they lived as scavengers.
DOJ TIL red Solo cups are a trendy, expensive item in the UK and Ireland due to US tv shows. (Irish friend is visiting and was amazed by how cheap they are here, so we bought her a 150pk to take home)
yVjmM TIL that women are 2x as likely as men to have insomnia
O4mY TIL in 1945 a group of Russian school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship. It hung in his office for 7 years before discovering it contained a listening device.