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TIL The WHO estimates the total number of stray dogs to be about 200 million, and the total population of free-range dogs to make up about 75-85% of the global dog population.

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LkO4V TIL Dr. Seuss wrote Green eggs and ham on a dare to use less than 50 different words. Tomorrow’s his bday.
epB65 TIL Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd Century BCE was the first to present the model of the Sun as the center of our Solar system and also placed the other known planets in correct order of distance from the sun. He also correctly surmised that stars were other far distant suns.
a1ey TIL that 20 African countries are now collaborating to build the Great Green Wall of the Sahara, a wall of trees along the Sahara desert that would prevent further desertification and land degradation.
9rx7 TIL a clay tablet was found dating back to 2800BC proclaiming the end of the world was near because society was so corrupt
WWJY TIL Finland is the first nation in the world to experiment with autonomous vehicles in urban conditions. That is because the country’s book of law doesn’t oblige the driver to be inside the vehicle.