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TIL the famine in North Korea has been so bad in recent years, that people have been executed for selling human flesh

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4x9w TIL a Black Robin named Old Blue has become the mother of her entire species when she was the last fertile female in a group of 5 Robins. There are now 250 Black Robins on the Chatham Islands, and have raised their status from Critically Endangered to Endangered.
gGjD TIL, in order to ensure Kendrick Lamar didn’t have a ghostwriter Eminem kicked everyone out of the studio and made him write a verse on the spot
vlg8 TIL in 2007 a 44-year-old man went to the doctor for minor leg discomfort and doctors found that his brain had reduced in size by 50%-75%
GYvoN TIL The jewelry beetle, Sternocera aequisignata, is a species of beetle belonging to the Buprestidae family. Its bright metallic green elytra are frequently used jewellery making.
JX5B TIL: There is a fern that has such a high level of atmospheric carbon sequestration that it caused an ice age. Azolla captures 6 tons of atmoshperic carbon per acre per year and could reduce global CO2 levels, while providing high protein livestock feed, or nitrogen rich fertilizer.