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TIL that since 1991 the percentage of Russia’s population that does not identify with any religion has dropped from 61% to 18%

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nABW TIL a dog named Chaser has the largest tested memory of any non-human animal. She can identify 1,022 toys by their name and retrieve them by name and by category.
8aoo4 TIL that during the Prussian siege of Paris, supplies and food were so dire that after slaughtering all the farm animals and pets, eventually the animals in the zoo were killed. There's even a copy of a restaurant menu from the time that included dishes like elephant consommé and roast camel.
1abmD TIL Every Middle-American Baby Boomer has been Time's Person of the Year at least 3 times: 1966 (The Inheritor), 1969 (Middle Americans), and 2006 (You)
6EBpZ TIL Suzuki Hayabusa, the fastest bike ever when introduced, was named so after the peregrine falcon, which can dive at up to 300 km/h (close to the bikes top speed), and also because it preys on blackbirds, also the name of the then fastest bike the Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird.
D1OrV TIL That back in 2013/2014 A Photographer Recreated Iconic Portraits of the last century Using John Malkovich as His Model. Einstein and the Joker photos were amazing.