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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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AR04 TIL the US govt donated two spy satellites to NASA in 2012. Both were more powerful than Hubble and were set to be decommissioned because they were deemed obsolete.
wLW11 TIL that the average age for the first sip of alcohol in Germany is 14.
5VVWR TIL Down Syndrome has a strong association with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In one study of 3.9 million children, 2.8% of those with Down Syndrome developed AML, compared with 0.05% of other children.
69ge8 TIL that in 2006, FBI agents attempted to arrest prison guards at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, after having learnt the guards were trading drugs for sex with female inmates. One of the guards opened fire with a personal handgun, killing one agent and wounding another.
PZPn TIL in July 2015, a boat fell victim to waves on Lake Havasu, Arizona, filled with water, and sank to the bottom. When the Search and Rescue team responded to recover the boat an hour later, they discovered a stowaway cat that was still alive inside the sunken-boat.