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TIL the last 24 remaining members of a species of giant stick insect were found under a bush on a remote spike of rock off australia

TIL there was a time when cocaine was praised and prized by the Pope.

TIL that lobsters are functionally immortal. They show no measurable signs of aging (no loss of appetite, no change in metabolism, no loss of reproductive urge or ability, no decline in strength or health), and seem to only die from external causes.

TIL that if you have 23 people in a room, there’s a 50/50 chance two people have the same birthday. If there are just 57 people, there’s a 99% chance.

Today I learned that the US Military’s suicide rate surpassed combat deaths in 2012

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