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TIL Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years

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Y7x9Z TIL Dabitum, a slave-girl during the Old Babylonian period (c. 1900–1600 BC), is known today for her letter to her slave master concerning a miscarriage, which she wrote either herself or with the help of a scribe, to the absent father to communicate the distressing news and beg for help
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ypRe TIL in order to qualify to be a police officer in Japan, the student must obtain a black belt in Judo. In addition, courses are given in calligraphy, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, poetry writing, and Japanese flute to sensitize a police officer to the artistic side of human nature.
0wQ4L TIL: 80’s Night Court had the tallest cast in sitcom history. Richard Moll was 6’8, John Laroquette 6’4, Harry Anderson 6’4, Charles Robinson 6’2, and Marsha Warfield 5’11.
NoOP TIL the Federal Reserve Bank isn’t a part of the USA government, but is a private, for-profit corporation. With a monopoly on our money.