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TIL there are less than 100 Javan rhinos left in the entire world, and they are all located in one national park.

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546P TIL Matt Stone (co-creator of South Park) is only an O away from being an EGOT (emmy, grammy, oscar, tony award winner)
69MRQ TIL about Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man facing death row despite provable innocence. His execution date is September 24th, and despite both defense and prosecutors believing his innocence, attempts to move for clemency have been blocked.
QJJNa TIL that society collapsed on Easter Island largely due to deforestation. One of the main reasons for this was that the trees were logged to move the giant Moai figures into position.
7RQO TIL trying to quit a play, Jeremy Piven was allowed leave after ‘dangerously high levels of mercury’ were found in his body. Annoyed, David Mamet said to reporters that Piven was “leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer.”
8aGXG TIL that Titan, largest of the Saturn’s moons, has oceans of liquid natural gas flowing on its surface and its fuel reserves are so large that they could act as our energy source for thousands of years