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TIL Humans Are Currently Causing The Sixth Mass Extinction

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oBlPY TIL On the Kon Tiki expedition across the Pacific, the 6 men would eat off of whatever came on board. There was a crab in a hole near the steering block that showed no fear, so they let it stay and named it Johannes. Johannes the crab kept the watchman company for the rest of the journey.
kO9Qm TIL there is a McDonald's that is only used for filming and serves no food
YprdG TIL that sperm donation has a height requirement
Bge0L TIL about Ibn al-Haytham, a 10th-century scientist who changed how we understand the science of vision. He once pretended to be insane to escape execution and used his house arrest to write important works on optics.
BgQbK TIL the Sun is categorized as a dwarf star.