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TIL the Chihuahua (dog) was bred for food and as a heat pad by the ancient Aztecs and Mayas

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ep05J TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical planet, ten times larger than Earth, that may lie in the outer reaches of the solar system and would explain a peculiar cluster of trans-Neptunian objects.
JjZm TIL Jamie Hyneman, co-host of Mythbusters, created a robot for Robot Wars named ‘Blendo’ which was so powerful, it tossed bits of enemy competitors out of the arena, and damaged arena walls.
o06W TIL that in South Korea, men who win Olympic medals do not have to participate in the two year long mandatory military service.
eWPD TIL that the western world has donated over US$1 trillion dollars to Africa in the last 50 years.
ZWdG TIL Cold War spy satellites from the 1960s took pictures of 10,000 ancient cities and ruins in the Middle East which nobody knew existed until they were re-examined in 2014. The images were made before modern cities overran many archaeological sites.