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TIL that of the top 5 Serial killers with the highest known victim count, 3 are Colombian

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6E5dX TIL while humans produce vitamin D by exposing their skin to sunlight, cats and dogs must ingest their own fur as a source of their vitamin D. This is the reason why they love to lay in the sun and groom themselves (probably because it feels good too)
Y4PG TIL that Canadians are twice as likely to illegally overstay a U.S. Visa than Mexicans
p8QVb TIL the University of Oxford was founded (1096) before humanity finally reached New Zealand (1250).
KYOQa TIL the founder of Safeway supermarkets was a preacher who felt that credit purchases were evil, and named his cash-only stores to promote the “safe way to shop”.
X0XYQ TIL in the Maori language the name for France is Wiwi (from overhearing the French say "Oui Oui" denoting agreement)