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TIL for every elephant born in captivity two elephants die.

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nWJKo TIL that in 2023, scientists discovered the first known species in which chimerism determines sex - the yellow crazy ant. The ant is invasive in many countries and is capable of a completely new type of sexual reproduction having previously never been seen before.
9w6rp TIL it is estimated that at least 1 in 7 American adults have chronic kidney disease.
OonQ6 TIL a pigeon named, Cher Ami was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal for her heroic service in delivering 12 important messages during WWI. Most importantly, the message from a trapped 194 man battalion. Arriving with a shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, and her leg hanging by a tendon.
xXLk TIL the Manhattan Project secretly tested the effects of radiation on its own citizens, including injecting pregnant women and feeding schoolboys radioactive oatmeal.
jNQea TIL that the world needs topsoil to grow 95% of crops, and we may run out of topsoil within the next 60 years.