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TIL after a fire destroyed Brazil's National Museum in September, university museum studies students began collecting visitors' photos of the irreplaceable artifacts that were lost so they can re-create the museum's collection virtually.

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dy4E TIL the entire petrol and diesel requirement for America could be provided by 3.8 million hectares of algael blooms producing biofuel. To put this into perspective America already has 182 million hectares of land for crop production.
x61aB TIL that Tarzan actor and Olympic swimmer Johnny Weismuller and his brother were swimming in Lake Michigan when they saw a boat capsize. They pulled at least 14 people from the water, and 11 of those people survived.
69vJw TIL of "Palilalia," a condition in which some people repeat their own words to themselves, usually although not always under their breath.
bYBp TIL: There are cupcakes that are named as such, not because of their shape, but because they are made using ingredient increments of 1 Cup measurements.
0wdgA In less than two generations, population sizes of vertebrate species have dropped by more than 50 percent. According to 2014’s Living Planet Report, this means we have lost over half of our birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and mammals.The situation is dire, but are we too late? National Geographic Emerging Explorer Shah Selbe expands on what has caused this decline and if it's possible to reverse humanity’s effect on these populations.