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TIL it is estimated that by 2040, 70% of the US population will reside in just 15 states, meaning just 30% of the whole population will control 70% of the Senate

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ZyQa TIL that a Lyme disease vaccine was voluntarily pulled from the market after the manufacturer was sued by anti-vaccine groups.
l7Ob1 TIL a special edition Willy Wonka and Oompa Loompa Pop sold for $100,000 in May 2022, making it the most expensive Funko Pops in the world
yWgw TIL there is an island in the Pacific of 300 people, no longer than 750m, where a Polynesian people live at a population density equalling that of Bangladesh. The fact that the island’s ecosystem hasn’t been negatively impacted has attracted the attention of sustainability scientists.
GLZE TIL the industrial band Ministry named their third album “The Land of Rape and Honey.” Which is the actual town motto for the rural town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan. An agricultural town known for honey and rapeseed production.
OG7y7 TIL that in 1917, during World War I, the British Army tried to train seagulls to poop on German U-boat periscopes to obscure their view. They even tested it with fake periscopes on beaches, but the gulls were more interested in stealing sandwiches than sinking submarines.