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TIL that Google intends to scan all known existing 130 million unique books by the end of the decade.

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Lmjr TIL On May 25th, 2015 a man discovered an orphaned baby moose in Yellowstone National Park in Montana. When he reported the calf to local authorities they shot the baby and blew up the carcasses of it, it’s dead mother and sibling to prevent grizzly bears from being drawn to the area.
xQjb TIL that Neanderthals’ voices were actually high-pitched and nasal, not deep and baritone like many assume.
E1vOd TIL Judge Judy’s audience are all paid actors.
EgxpV TIL baby aspirin isn't for babies and Reye's syndrome is real
64LX TIL that at the end of WWI, Germany had to pay reparations of 132 billion gold marks. The reparations were not fully paid until 2010, marking the official end of the war.