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TIL The standardization of industrial farming has led to a 75% drop in crop genetic diversity.

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M7geV TIL a millipede species that actually has 1000+ legs was first described in 2021, living 50 - 200 ft (15 - 60 m) underground in Western Australia
PwML TIL that Ronald Reagan signed an executive order prohibiting assassinations
nemJ7 TIL the generation who grew up watching black-and-white TV experienced predominantly colourless dreams, until the widespread of colour television in the 1960s.
Wk5A TIL the first westerner to shoot a Giant Panda was none other than Teddy Roosevelt.
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