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TIL Japan is an island not connected to Asia 😭

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VB7MG TIL that the, what appear to be, love letters between Marcus Aurelius and his tutor Fronto are the only love letters (homoerotic or not) to survive from antiquity.
RPB8 TIL that the Maleo, a large bird endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, uses the heat from the island’s volcanoes to incubate its eggs. Maleo chicks are totally self-sufficient and can fly almost immediately after hatching.
KQLa TIL that Justin Bieber’s mother, Pattie Mallette, was a thief and drug dealer, before she tried to kill herself by throwing herself in front of a truck. She survived, but was admitted into a mental institution. After her release she fell pregnant and gave birth to Justin - all before she was 18.
d8edQ TIL The number of tigers in Bangladesh has increased by eight in the last three years, which is only 8%. At the same time, the number of tigers in India has increased by 741
mxO5Y TIL Despite rigorously training the dogs that went into space, when Soviet scientists had one escape days before a flight they simply grabbed a stray and sent him instead. His flight was successful.