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TIL as of 2016, Giant Pandas are no longer classified as an endangered species.

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6Eepl TIL of the World's Biggest Liar event, an annual competition for telling lies held in Cumbria, England. Competitors have five minutes to tell the most convincing lie they can, and politicians and lawyers are banned because "they are judged to be too skilled at telling porkies."
1KLW TIL more than 10,000 American toddlers 2 or 3 years old are being medicated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder outside established pediatric guidelines.
a8klN TIL: A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Venus also rotates in the opposite direction (retrograde) compared to most other planets.
kDl5 TIL Karl Marx sent a letter to Abraham Lincoln congratulating him on causing the death of slavery
XE88Q TIL The absence of land mammals in New Zealand allowed birds to become dominant, and with fewer threats from predators many species became flightless. NZ is home to the most flightless birds having 16 out of the 60 species worldwide.