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TIL Mexico's fertility rate is below replacement level.

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b9EwE TIL Diego is a hoodland tortoise who was a part of a breeding programme. He fathered 900 offsrping, and is responsible for bringing the population out of near extinction to a 2000 strong population today.
kV9g TIL the original translation of “mortgage” means “death pledge”
DQ0dp TIL one of the few people actually killed by an Australian Cassowary was an American man who thought it was a good idea to keep one as a pet.
vWBD TIL the two African-American athletes who gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics were also shoeless during the protest. This was to represent black poverty.
WkvG4 TIL 70% Ethanol (alcohol) is a more effective disinfectant because pure alcohol on a single celled organism triggers coagulation (clot) preventing it from penetrating deeper into the cell wall rendering it dormant but still alive. The water in 70% ethanol allows it to penetrate before it can clot.