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TIL A deer species went extinct after the last living specimen was beaten to death by a drunk man

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Bg7YW TIL that if you drilled a hole through the center of the earth from Formosa Province in Argentina, you’d end up on the island of Formosa. This was not known when the two places were named in the 1500s.
LkjB9 TIL of Aglaonice of Thessaly, an ancient greek sorceress, part of a coven of witches known for their abillity to "draw down the moon". In reality, Aglaonice and her female accolites were likely accomplished astronomers able to predict lunar eclipses
Y7emG TIL that Mohamad Ahansal set the record for the fastest time to run the 250-kilometer (155-mile) Marathon des Sables in the Moroccan Sahara Desert by finishing at 16 hours, 22 minutes, 29 seconds back in 1998
Lkxlr TIL about the Federation of American Scientists, a nonprofit group of scientists whose mission is to slow/reduce the spread of misinformation and offer transparency/resources for the general public and policy-makers.
jNggv TIL there is an Indian figure in their Congress named Adolf Hitler. Regarding his name, Hitler stated "I don't have any dictatorial tendencies."