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TIL Activision donates money to help U.S. military veterans find employment.

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6EZOw TIL that about 110 children are kidnapped by strangers every year in the United States. About 40% of such cases end in the child's death, and another 4% with the child never being recovered. The vast majority of the 50,000+ yearly reported missing children cases are resolved with the child found.
PYPRZ TIL the split gill mushroom has over 23,328 distinct sexes, but they can't all successfully mate with one another. Each sex can only be fertile with 22,960 other sexes.
v145L TIL of "Hammer" Simwinga, a Zambian man who has helped stop poaching in North Luangwa Nat'l Park. Most villages near the park relied on poaching for income. Simwinga eliminated the need for poaching for 35K+ people in 60 villages by teaching sunflower planting, beekeeping, & sustainable farming.
ZZGB TIL of the worlds smartest dog, Endal. Who could even work an ATM properly.
OGLm1 TIL the fastest spinning celestial object in the universe is a Neutron star called PSR J1748-2446. It rotates 716 times every second and it's equator moves at about 25% the speed of light. It is also has a magnetic field a trillion times stronger than the Sun’s.