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TIL Bob Barker plans to give all his money to animal causes after his death

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BgKvr TIL that over half of the world’s internet users got online for the first time after 2010. As of 2021, there were about 4.9 billion internet users globally, up from 2 billion in 2010.
rNnEW TIL about SN 1006, a supernova in the year 1006 CE that was described by observers on multiple continents, some 600 years before the first telescope. It was visible in the daytime sky for weeks, and the gamma rays it emitted created a sedimentary record on Earth. We have images of its remnants.
YpOVv TIL the founders of Mensa envisioned it as "an aristocracy of the intellect", and was disappointed that a majority of members came from humble homes.
a80Ay TIL about Yukio Mishima, author and right wing activist who after joining the the SDF at 45 tried to spark a coup aimed at restoring the emperor and shogunate, barricaded in an office of a high rank officer committed seppuku. His second failed 3x to sever his head, another friend needed to step in.
4XnrN TIL that the discovery of oil as a fuel was an environmental miracle for whales as it made hunting whales for their oil far less competitive.