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TIL that the endangered/threatened listing of marine mammals and (most) fish is managed by the US Secretary of Commerce… 😑

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W79D8 TIL that Limestone powder is poisonous.
GAydG [TIL] about Free Solo Climbing, where people climb mountains or peaks without any safety equipment or ropes
VM4Ep TIL Jeff Bezos is building a 10,000-Year Clock in a mountain in Texas.
QJPgp TIL of the "Poe Toaster", an individual or individuals who, for over seventy years, on Edgar Allen Poe's birthday (January 19) would appear mysteriously and drink a cognac toast at the author's grave. He would also leave several roses in a "distinctive arrangement."
4Xnko TIL our ears and noses continue to "grow" as we age, but not due to our physiology. Instead, it is gravity which is responsible for pulling the cartilage of our ears and noses down, stretching the surrounding skin, which we perceive as growth