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TIL that the biomass of domesticated poultry (mostly chickens) is about three times higher than all wild birds combined. About 65.8 billion chickens were consumed as meat in 2016.

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kOE8g TIL some of the earliest carbon steel was made by the Haya people of East Africa ~2000 years ago in furnaces that reached 1800°C
YevW TIL Grady Stiles, a circus sideshow attraction known as “Lobster Boy” was convicted of murder. Later in life Stiles was murdered by a sideshow performer who was contracted by Stiles’ own family to kill him.
R5nl7 TIL about 'Lynching Postcards,' which were photos of lynching victims produced for half a century in the United States. They continued production even after the USPS banned them from being mailed.
PpkL TIL Matt Groening named the Simpsons family after his father Homer, mother Marge, and sister Lisa. Bart was an anagram of the word brat.
R5bX9 TIL that psilocybin-assisted treatment improve drinking outcomes in patients with alcohol use disorder relative to outcomes observed with active placebo medication