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TIL the UN estimate for how many land animals were slaughtered by humans in 2022 was 80 billion

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l7NAB TIL the iconic Windows 95 startup sound was produced by Brian Eno, the king of ambient music. He also composed it on a Mac computer and said that he doesn't like PCs and that he's never used one in his life.
7re6L TIL Barry, a mountain rescue dog in Switzerland, saved more than 40 lives of stranded people buried under avalanches during his lifetime (1800-1814).
gMLDA TIL There are more people in slavery today than at any other time in history.
8eG7X TIL that there is a town under water in the state of Maine because a greedy power company flooded it for their own use and when not all homeowners agreed to sell, they flooded it anyway.
WR9A TIL in an episode of Seinfeld, Elaine is dating a man who shares the same name of a serial killer. While flipping through a sport-illustrated, Elaine suggests the name OJ for him to change his name to - a year before OJ Simpson went on trial for killing his wife and her friend.