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TIL that livestock farming generates over 18% of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions, where as all the world’s cars, trains, planes and boats account for a combined 13%.

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0wmJy TIL that brass surfaces kill superbugs
yRMp TIL there is a lucky cribbage board that gets passed along from the oldest submarine in the US fleet to the next once the oldest one is decommissioned. It currently resides in a submarine launched in 1978.
oxeL TIL that in ancient Rome during funerals, a person called an Archimime would walk behind the deceased and imitate the person like they were still alive.
W7XvA TIL about French geologist Michel Siffre, who in a 1962 experiment spent 2 months in a cave without any references to the passing time. He eventually settled on a 25 hour day and thought it was a month earlier than the date he finally emerged from the cave
E1w97 TIL the Chaco Culture National Historic Site in New Mexico containes ruins built between 800AD-1150AD and remained the largest structures in North America until the 1800's.