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TIL Genghis Khan killed enough people to cool the earth, 40 million people were killed and vast areas of farmland were reclaimed by forests

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5YlKr TIL: To date, the 3 astronauts of the Soyuz 11 are the only people to have died in space.
eplRn TIL in the 1980s, the last 29 Guam kingfishers were captured in an effort to save the species from total extinction caused by non-native brown tree snakes. Through the dedicated effort of zoos, there are now 140 around the world with the aim of reintroducing them back to the wild one day.
O116 TIL Bryan Cranston spent hundreds of hours practicing roller skating so that he could perform in the episode of Malcolm in the Middle where he teaches Malcom to roller blade.
a8O9N TIL If you have consumed marijuana, wait for at least a month before traveling to Dubai. Marijuana can remain detectable in your system for up to 30 days and still count as possession as per Dubai law, which could result in a sentence of year or two.
dlQZ TIL that hundreds of people - mainly homeless and drug addicts - and all of whom are HIV positive, are living in a community in the sewers below Romania’s capital Bucharest.