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TIL there is a Lieutenant Columbo statue in Budapest.

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lo6aA TIL in 2008, a Mad Cow Disease beef recall was impelled by a whistleblower who took illegal, undercover footage of the sick cows.
E1pwx TIL more than 20 people have died after getting stuck in donation boxes in the US and Canada over the past dozen years.
QJax6 TIL more Male babies die yearly than Males who are 100. Also, 85ish seems to be real avg life expectancy.
N78xE TIL Hamburgers got their name because they originated in Hamburg, Germany
VoNB TIL that cheetahs were almost wiped out by the last ice-age, and all modern cheetahs are descended from a small portion of the surviving cats that interbred to maintain their species. Because of this, cheetahs are practically genetic clones of one another.