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TIL Cockroach farming in China is a growing industry, with millions of insects raised for food, animal feed, and pharmaceuticals.

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4XZER TIL: Tess than 75 years after the discovery of gold in 1848, almost every grizzly bear in California had been tracked down and killed. ... Two years later in 1924, what was thought to be a grizzly was spotted in Sequoia National Park for the last time and thereafter, grizzlies were never seen again
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Ey0 TIL that there is a coal fire believed to have been burning for 6,000 yrs
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