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TIL of Diego, a giant tortoise who helped "un-endanger" his species by having tons of sex. He & E5 (another male) brought the population from 16 to 2,000, and now the species is considered self-sufficient. Diego, after living in captivity for 90 years, is now retired at home in the Galápagos

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