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TIL that deer populations in North America were nearly extinct due to over hunting, but have since rebounded after strict hunting regulations and conservation.

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awLeb TIL Aroldis Chapman holds the record for fastest pitch at 105.1 MPH. When Nolan Ryan played they clocked pitches at 10 feet from the plate, now they clock it at release point. Had Ryan pitched his record 100.9 today it would have clocked at around 108 MPH and he would have regularly thrown 106-107.
lRZ5 TIL that India has a problem with millions shitting in public.
lv5 TIL - Black Widow bites produce muscle aches, nausea, and a paralysis of the diaphragm that can make breathing difficult; however, contrary to popular belief, most people who are bitten suffer no serious damage—let alone death.
MGV TIL when AOL launched AOL 4.0 in 1998, they used ALL of the world-wide CD production for several weeks. All of it.
R5064 TIL of the Dachau trials in Slovenia, where by show trials the communist regime accused 31 survivors of the Dachau concentration camp that they survived it because they were Nazi spies and worked with western powers against socialism. 10 were executed, 20 were sent to a forced labour camp