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TIL that humans and our livestock account for 96% of all mammal biomass on Earth

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9a6G TIL when drug lord Pablo Escobar’s personal zoo was left abandoned after his death, four hippos escaped into the wilds of Colombia; their numbers have since grown to around 40.
wokVY TIL Hollywood elites signed a petition in support of Roman Polanski
pYRkb TIL Canadian vocalist Rory Dodd did the voiceover for the original Hungry Hungry Hippos commercial and sang the 'Turn around bright eyes' parts in Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart.
9wwgB TIL about the Genetic Isopoint - anyone alive at the genetic isopoint (or before) is either the ancestor of everyone alive today or no one alive today. And you can assume today will be a genetic isopoint for sometime in the distant future.
VMPG8 TIL that there were flying cars in 1947. Convair built the Model 118, or ConvAirCar, and flew it several times. It was a normal car that had a detachable wing and propellor assembly that allowed it to fly.