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TIL that the Chinchilla is critically endangered.

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49bo TIL evidence of the oldest man/dog relationship is in a French cave. Side-by-side foot and paw prints were discovered. The 26,000 year old tracks were left behind by a young boy and his wolf companion.
lavr TIL: When Davie Bowie heard Nirvana’s cover of “The Man Who Sold the World”, he said he was “blown away” by the fact Kurt Cobain liked his work, and said “it would have been nice to have worked with him, but just talking with him would have been real cool”
9e5X TIL that Scientists replicated 100 Psychology studies, and fewer than half got the same results
WrML TIL that a middle school-er won an award for her science project, which found that on average 70% of the ice that comes from fast food restaurants is dirtier than toilet water.
b6LOQ TIL of Banjawarn Station, which is a 4000 square km sheep station in western Australia In 1993, it was purchased by the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult, allegedly for mining operations. On the May 28th 1993,a large fireball and seismic disturbance was spotted from just south of the site by sensors.