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TIL that since 1970, the polar bear population has more than doubled.

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9wOom TIL that the electricity bills of a Japanese bullet train on a 622km (386 mi) journey can be paid off with the ticket income of 16 paying-travelers on its 1,324 seats, or on average, just one passenger in each carriage.
0vmj TIL that the woman responsible for turning The History Channel into yet another reality TV station was promoted to CEO of all of A&E Television Networks (History, A&E, BIO, H2, Military, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network)
v5VL TIL: In 1986 a volcanic lake in Cameroon, Africa burped a C02 gas cloud that killed 1,746 people in the blink of an eye.
JWB8 TIL Ikea is technically a non-profit organization dedicated to researching interior design and this structure allows it to keep its corporate taxes under 4%
7WEr TIL There is a popular toothpaste in China that is titled “Darlie” and is formerly titled “Darkie”. In Chinese it still literally translates to “black people toothpaste” (黑人牙膏). Its logo is a black man smiling.