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TIL raccoons in Toronto, Canada have issues with obesity and diabetes

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GAQNJ TIL Didius Julianus became emperor by buying the title from the praetorian guard, who auctioned it off after killing the previous emperor. Didius was drunk and throwing a party when his wife and daughter convinced him to attend. He arrived late and had to shout his offers from outside the gates
D9lJ TIL the town of Why, Arizona was originally to be named “Y” because two major highways, State Routes 85 and 86, originally intersected in a Y-intersection but the state requires at least 3 letters in its city names.
mLoM TIL That after the poor sales performance of the WiiU, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata placed the bulk of the blame on himself, and took a 50% pay cut.
LJJv TIL Norway stopped investing money into Walmart after determining that the company is guilty of “serious violations of fundamental ethical norms.”
KObe4 TIL in 1846, Eremina desertorum, a snail, was collected and glued to a museum index card, presumed dead. 4 years later, the specimen was being looked at with warm water, when it suddenly awoke and looked around to see what was going on.