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TIL: In 2019 A Well Preserved Pleistocene Wolf Head and a Frozen Cave Lion Cub were Found by a Team in Siberia

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7rPrZ TIL there is an all-female anti-poaching combat unit in Zimbabwe called Akashinga ("the brave ones")
Z8Moo TIL a woman in china lured a 6 year old boy into a field to completely remove his eyes via gouging with an unknown implement.Police suspected cornea harvesting but this was quickly ruled out when the eyes were discovered at the scene, albeit no longer attached to his body, completely intact.
ADXon TIL that songwriter Esther Dean composed “S&M” for Rihanna, then was later cast as Cynthia Rose in the Pitch Perfect movies. This means in the “riff-off” scene in the first movie, Esther got to sing her own song, but as a completely different person. Full circle.
NXGB6 TIL glass is permeable for hydrogen ions, like a sieve
mx60Y TIL that a 366 feet tall spherical dome is being built in Las Vegas, it will have an indoor seating capacity of 17,500 and a fully programmable LED exterior