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TIL Canada Geese used to be on the brink of extinction in the wild.

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wd87 TIL that Gladiator games had referees who could stop fights entirely or let fighters rest and freshen up.
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p8YXA TIL Elephants think humans are cute. Their brain reacts in a similar way ours do when we see a cute puppy.
5VMWk TIL Ferdinand Verbiest created the first vehicle which moved under its own power in 1672 as an amusement for the Chinese Emperor Kangxi. The steam vehicle was 2 ft in length and built like a five-wheeled cart-like trolley
nWnAb TIL of Slaver ants - an entire category of ants who never work, and instead capture and enslave other ants as workers