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TIL according to Charles Darwin, the most influential species (defined as the species that has most changed life on Earth) is the earthworm.

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7V4p TIL the short urinals aren’t for children, they’re for wheelchairs.
e0ll4 TIL in 2001 two deaf men were stabbed in a Florida sports bar when a gang member mistook their sign language for gang signs.
p8OEQ TIL about Pistorius, champion disabled runner, allegedly killed his girlfriend. Sentenced to 5 years and released in 2015. An appeal reincarcerated him in 2016 due to release 2019. Another appeal doubled his sentence. Now eligible for parole 2023.
6EpY8 TIL of an elegy “Requiem” written over three decades and is known as the best known poetry work about Soviet Great Terror.
KaeR TIL of ‘The World’ a cruise ship where residents can permanently live as it travels around the globe.