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TIL that Aztecs raised Chihuahuas in order to eat them

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0dkDy TIL that 8 temples of the Roman goddess Minerva (Athena) had been built in Guatemala. Starting with the first one in 1901 under orders of President Manuel Estrada Cabrera, who wanted to create and promote a Cult of Minerva, with its own feast day on his birthday.
RJjw TIL bats make up 25% of all mammal species
BrgdD TIL that East German authorities officially referred to the Berlin Wall as the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart"
wLNbE TIL about Seneca Village that once existed where now Central Park in NYC is located.
wPK1 TIL that the ‘great prosperity’ period lasted from 1947-1977. We now live in the 'Great Regression’ period