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TIL Indian Vulture suffered a 99% population decrease in Indo-Pak between 2000-2007 due to poisoning caused by the veterinary drug diclofenac. (Reduces joint pain in cattle and keeps them working for longer in old age). The drug enters vultures from the flesh of dead cattle.

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6M6J TIL nearly one in three people in the Arab world is illiterate, including nearly half of all women in the region
YR57 TIL for scorpions to reproduce, the male deposits a capsule of sperm on the ground, then wrestles a female on top of it.
6gom TIL There have been over 10 confirmed presidents that smoked marijuana.
9YyKB TIL that two pieces of the same type of metal in space can fuse together seamlessly if they come into contact with each other. Since there is literally nothing between them, the pieces don't "know" that they're separate. This is called Cold Welding.
Z8XdQ TIL that Chick-fil-A once broke their tradition and opened on a Sunday when an Atlanta mayor called the company and asked that an airport location remain open after thousands of passengers were left stranded due to a power outage.