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

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XEga6 TIL of Muhammad Ali Pasha, an Albanian who rose through the ranks of the Ottoman army to become viceroy of Egypt. While viceroy, he destroyed the first Saudi state, conquered Sudan, and launched a rebellion which almost overthrew the Sultan, before being halted by European intervention.
kyB1 TIL Tupac Shakur’s favourite song was the folk-pop ‘Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)’ by Don McLean and so on his deathbed his girlfriend played this song so it was the last thing that he heard.
4kOEN TIL that third places - areas other than the home or the workplace where humans can connect and unwind, are dying, and this is a silent killer of our communities
QxVM TIL that Burger King had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on Facebook you get a free whopper.
pYArN TIL the world’s largest ETF, SPY, worth over $500 billion, is tied to the lives of 11 random people born between 1990 and 1993. None of them knew they were involved, but the fund will dissolve 20 years after the last one passes away.