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TIL the giraffes are dying. They are facing a silent extinction.

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R7On4 TIL on September 13, 1978, the four members of KISS each released solo albums, with Ace Frehley having the most successful album as well as the most successful song with "New York Groove"
W7o8B TIL Christiaan Huygens was one of the first astronomers to apply mathematical principles to the design of optics rather than trial and error, and his telescope could study Saturn's ring system. The Huygenian eyepiece he invented in the 17th century is still in use today
9wpV7 TIL JFK experienced chronic back pain. He underwent 4 back operations, including a discectomy, an instrumentation and fusion, and 2 minor surgeries that failed to improve his pain.
QNXXe TIL that historically, the method through which tea was delivered from China determined it's name: Tea if by sea, Cha if by land
XoVj TIL that giant and colossal squids’ brains are donut-shaped and encase their esophagi - and that swallowing anything larger than 10 mm in diameter can result in brain damage.