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TIL the Pyrenean Ibex is the only species to have been brought back from extinction, albeit only for around seven minutes.

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1aYwX TIL about the Faint young Sun paradox that in Earths early history the energy output of the Sun was only 70% of what it is today, yet earth had liquid water and a climate hospitable to the formation of life, rather than the frozen environment that it should be with the Sun's reduced energy.
WM8X TIL Sebastian Bach was fired from Skid Row because he wanted to open for KISS and the band refused. After he was canned he left the band a voicemail saying that nobody is ever too big to open for KISS.
7Q1x TIL Steve Jobs was hired to build the first prototype of “Breakout” for Atari. He enlisted the help of Steve Wozniak promising to give him half of the $750 pay. The pair stayed up four days straight to finish the game and were given a bonus because of this. Jobs kept the entire bonus for himself.
Y8rZ TIL that in Germany, Rice Krispies go ‘Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!’ and in Mexico, they go 'Pim! Pam! Pum!’ rather than 'Snap! Crackle! Pop!’. In each country they make a different sound!
d8DmZ The final frontier smells a lot like a Nascar race—a bouquet of hot metal, diesel fumes and barbecue. The source? Dying stars, mostly.