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TIL that in 2015 at least 120,000 saiga antelopes died mysteriously in mass. This corresponds to about 50% of the entire population of these rare animals.

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QJ9Je TIL in 2010 a man was rescued while attempting to sail around the United Kingdom. Using only a road map for navigation the 'sailor' had been keeping the coast to his right and in error ended up sailing in circles around the Isle of Sheppey until he ran out fuel.
krOd TIL that after the Civil War many wealthy Confederate families fled to Brazil, today many Southern cultures and traditions can still be seen in the descendants of these “Confederados”
BrLjy TIL the toaster was invented by Scotsman Alan MacMasters in 1893 and has not changed much since.
KYQxG TIL about the Janzen–Connell hypothesis, a widely accepted mechanism that asserts that a forest with more diverse species of plants will prosper because the more common a plant species is, the more specialist enemies it attracts.
mYWy TIL Vice-President Andrew Johnson took his presidential oath while drunk. “Glassy-eyed and smelling of whiskey, he reminded […] pretty much everyone within hearing distance that they owed their positions to ‘plebeians’ such as himself, then kissed the Bible and staggered away”.