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TIL a San Francisco man saved a threatened butterfly species by replanting rare flora in his backyard, transporting caterpillars to his local botanical garden, where they began to make a comeback

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R7wQQ TIL of BRUE (Brief resolved unexplained event), when infants <1yo suddenly stop breathing or pass out, with no explanation nor lasting effects
668X TIL During Chernobyl’s meltdown, 3 volunteers dove into a radioactive pool to open a pipe. They died but prevented an explosion 10X bigger than Hiroshima.
aKY9 TIL in 1953 North and South Korea created the DMZ, a demilitarized zone, between their two countries to discourage fighting. Today the 150 mile long strip of land is home to 1600 rare plants, 300 rare fungi, and houses some of the most endangered animals in the world, such as the White-Naped Crane.
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