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TIL that there is no economic gain to be made from deforesting the Amazon to grow crops, as more deforestation leads to less rainfall which leads to lower crop yield.

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78MDP Today I learned Gatorade created a sport institute that successfully influenced the sport industry into thinking that we must drink (their) beverages otherwise we will cramp.
RyVj TIL that humans are more genetically similar to cats (90% in common) than dogs (82%).
dD778 TIL the sound a whip makes when you crack it is caused by a sonic boom created when the tip of a whip moves faster than the speed of sound. The whip was also the first man made object to break the sound barrier.
vdVL TIL: Michael Jackson wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the Nevada desert.
eDM4 TIL the term “jaywalking” was coined by the auto industry in the 1920s in an effort to “redefine streets as places where pedestrians do not belong”