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TIL Hawaii is considered the bird extinction capital of the world - Since humans arrived, 95 of 142 bird species found nowhere else in the world have become extinct in Hawaii

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wRQ6 TIL humans hadn’t detected any planets outside of our solar system until 1991, just 26 years ago. Before then, we had no evidence that planets existed around any other star in the universe.
4w1w TIL after 11 years in space, the Rosetta probe was intentionally crashed into a comet in order to provide close-up photos on its final descent. Scientists said they wanted it to go out in “true rock'n'roll style.”
b9P5j TIL Dr. Seuss had an affair while his wife suffered from cancer and depression. She killed herself and he married his mistress a few months later.
gWmL TIL blowing into a vagina can be life-threatening to the women
m1XgE TIL Paul Reubens was the original voice actor for Roger Rabbit during the original screen tests for what would become "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"