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TIL Mini pigs aka Teacup pigs are a hoax. They are just potbellied pigs that have been underfed to stunt their growth and will eventually grow to weigh 100-150 pounds.

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Brxae TIL that the Hiroshima Flame of Peace was lit on 1st August 1964 in hope of a world without nuclear weapons, and it will continue to burn until nuclear weapons are abolished worldwide
6919l TIL that nearly 9 out 10 Egyptian women aged 15 to 49 have had their clitoris removed as the practice of FGM is still rife in the country
RRmj TIL I learned there is a tower in Japan that has a highway passing through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floor.
ZpYlG TIL the Denton House is a historic building in New Hyde Park, New York that was built in 1795 as a farmhouse and converted to a Georgian-style mansion in the 1860s and is currently a McDonald's restaurant.
oBbw8 TIL I learned about the War of Jenkins Ear. Robert Jenkins, a British sailor, allegedly had his ear cut off by the Spanish Coast guard. During a House of Commons 7 years later Jenkins purportedly presented his severed ear and ignited a 9 year long war that engulfed the Caribbean costing 24,500 lives