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TIL The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement exists

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DQ57g TIL Previously, the Statue of Liberty was a lighthouse. The statue was dedicated in 1886, and a month later it began to function as a lighthouse for 16 years, its torch visible from 24 miles away.
mxbrP TIL The M1 Abrams, currently the main battle tank of the U.S. Army, requires 10 US gallons (38 L) of fuel just to start the gas turbine
R6n8 TIL a Mossad hit squad once carried out an assassination clad only in briefs. They did this to keep their clothes free of blood. The target was Herberts Cukurs, AKA “The Butcher of Riga”, a Latvian Nazi. In Brazil, he was lured to a house by an undercover Mossad agent, then killed by the hit squad.
P1kNn TIL Tama-chan, a male bearded seal spotted in 2002 in Tokyo’s Tama River. He was granted honorary residency registration because of his massive publicity and this sparked protests from foreign residents over the fact that such registration was only open to Japanese citizens.
X01NR TIL 27% of Americans 18 and older have cut off contact with a family member