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TIL none of Abraham Lincoln's great-grandchildren had any children. His descendants died out in the 1970s-80s.

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kOlQE TIL that methane bubbles can become frozen in place in many lakes such as Lake Baikal in Russia. The ice thickness there can reach 2 m/6.5 ft during the peak of winter coldness, trapping millions of cubic feet of methane gas under the ice until Spring arrives.
BrBOx TIL that in the 18th century wealthy European landowners would pay hermits to dress as druids and live in the gardens of their estates.
9DdX TIL that the funny bone (ulnar nerve) is the largest unprotected nerve in the body.
N6eP TIL: A Japanese CEO took a pay-cut along with the employees during recession, and, when told about America’s rich-poor pay-gap, said “We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics.”
OGx5g TIL 117 billion humans have ever been born. Those alive in 2022 represent 6.8% of the total number of people who have ever lived, up from a total world population of 5,000,000 ten thousand years ago