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TIL Big game hunting in Africa, when done responsibly, can actually benefit endangered species and produce revenue for the conservation

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LXyr TIL The quote “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” though it owes its current popularity to Adam Savage of Mythbusters, originally comes from a 1974 episode of Dr. Who
ZpABD TIL in 2008, a single basketball shot may have saved hundreds of lives. Alabama player Mykal Riley made a 3-point-shot that pushed the game into overtime minutes before an EF-2 Tornado passed by. If he had missed that shot, hundreds of fans could have been in the parking lot when the tornado hit.
OoMZL TIL about a dialect quiz that attempts to figure out where you grew up in the United States. It asks 25 multiple choices questions asking things like “what do you call a sweetened carbonated beverage?”. It then will try to triangulate where you are from.
9YewG TIL of the "sixth toenail", which is a miniscule accessory nail situated on the pinky toe's outer corner.
yQjv TIL that in order to get around the constitutional limits on copyright the MPAA president proposed to make it last “forever minus one day”