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TIL that we are living in the 6th Extinction Event and that humans are credited with causing it.

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awwZ9 TIL of the quietest place on earth is an anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories, where one can sit in complete darkness and silence: producing hallucinogenic feelings like hearing your body’s internal sounds, including heartbeat, and having a heightened self awareness.
Zp5rD TIL that the roman emperor Honorius banned trousers in rome.
ZkWQ TIL: If you’re 18-43, healthy and can stick a cotton swab in your mouth, you can join the National Bone Marrow Registry for free, and maybe, save a life.
LBEr TIL In early 1943, an underground Jewish resistance was formed at Treblinka, a Nazi concentration camp. Some 700 Jews launched the uprising in August 1943. Only 200 managed to escape the camp and only 70 are known to have made it until the end of the war. Treblinka was closed after the uprising.
p8aR8 TIL that 1 in 400 solitaire hands are totally unplayable, meaning "no cards can be moved to the foundations even at the start of the game"