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TIL less than 5% of current deforestation in the Amazon is due to logging. The majority is for cattle ranching.

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GAnR1 TIL the University of Kansas (KU) allowed men and women to enroll equally since its founding in 1866, one of the first public education institutions in the US to do so
Me5R7 TIL that in 2017 to AI chatbots created their own language to negotiate with each other
0jVp TIL Antarctica has a fire department. It’s needed because Antarctica is dry, windy, not much water to put out a fire, and death for people without shelter.
N7ObQ TIL that in smaller bomb blasts such as suicide bombings only 6% of people on average die from shrapnel wounds, the real danger is blast overpressure, which will rapture lungs. If you have time, you’re actually best off to not hold your breath, but to open your mouth, breathing in small intervals.
ergJ TIL when Steve Jobs was dying and in need of a liver transplant from someone with the same, rare blood type, Tim Cook got his blood tested, found out he was a match and offered part of his liver. Steve refused.