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TIL ALBERTA CANADA IS RAT FREE!

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1a4VP TIL what the FCC considers "Obscene, Indecent and Profane Broadcasts" is based on subjective "I know it when I see it." judgement calls.
R5n1w TIL that during the Salem Witch Trials, dogs were considered to be allied with Satan and used to identify witches. A dog was even executed, though posthumously pardoned later. Not a single cat was killed.
pY1bN TIL that the city council of Rome still uses SPQR on some of it's correspondence. A 2,000 year + old slogan: Senatus Populusque Romanus. It means "The Senate and Roman People".
8a4wa TIL about Mimizuka, a monument in Kyoto dedicated to the sliced off noses of killed Korean soldiers and civilians taken as war trophies.
5VVWR TIL Down Syndrome has a strong association with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In one study of 3.9 million children, 2.8% of those with Down Syndrome developed AML, compared with 0.05% of other children.