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TIL the world’s first pro-LGBT organization was found in 1897 in current Germany; they sought to repeal a law that criminalized sex between males and amongst the people that signed their petition was Albert Einstein

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x6jNB TIL there are five mass extinctions that each destroying 75-95% of all species. Currently we are on the sixth, because of human activities.
l6RV TIL that there’s more people speaking french in Africa than in France
VLLp TIL of Disco Sally, a geriatric widowed grandmother who became a fixture of NYC’s legendary Studio 54.
69Bp7 TIL John B Goodenough is widely credited with the identification and development of the lithium-ion battery
69d9w TIL the Vespasianus Titus tunnel in modern day Turkey built between 79-89 CE, is considered the first tunnel in the world. The tunnel was carved through solid rock with connected canals to prevented floodwaters from silting up the harbour. It continues to survive seismic activity intact