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TIL that rabbits may eat their own offspring when stressed

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OoRme TIL The last individual of a species is called an "Endling" - when it dies, the species is extinct.
8wOK TIL that Mel Brooks was nominated for a Kennedy Center Award by President Bush. He refused the award, saying “Well, I’m going to wait for another president, if I’m still alive, if you don’t mind.”
8JyX TIL that Carl Sagan believed that Faith and Reason were partners; he said ““Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.” When asked in 1996 if he was Atheist, he replied “I’m agnostic.”
logpN TIL: Nuclear powered pacemakers were briefly produced and 9 people still have them inside. When they die the pacemakers and their Plutonium have to be returned to the Department of Energy.
LQAZv TIL - Indonesia has 3 tiger subspecies. The Bali tiger vanished in the 1940s, while the last confirmed sighting of the Javan tiger occurred in the 1970s. This left only the Sumatran tiger, with an estimated population of fewer than 400 individuals, as the sole surviving tiger subspecies in Indonesia