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TIL that Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas argued that plants, geographic features, and even air deserve legal standing to sue for their own protection against modern technology and life.

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E1MOo TIL that blood donors in Sweden get a text message thanking them for their donation each time their blood is given to a patient. The program was started in an attempt to recruit and retain new donors.
oRMEK TIL that more than 25% of the world's population is infected with human roundworm
pb84 TIL Russian scientist Alexandra Elbakyan created SciHub - a ‘Pirate Bay’ for scientific knowledge - and refuses to take it down while facing legal threats from the US
QJRva TIL In 1988, "R, S, T, L, N, E" were the letters the chosen for Wheel of Fortune's bonus round as nearly 45% of the English language contains atleast one of these consonants .
6EMA8 TIL sea otters have the densest fur in the world, with around 140,000 hairs per sq cm