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TIL that the lion population in India, the only one outside of the Sahara, has increased 30% since 2015.

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VBZdk TIL all of us will have blurry eyes someday. Presbyopia is the gradual loss of your eyes' ability to focus on nearby objects. It's a natural, often annoying part of aging. Presbyopia usually becomes noticeable in your early to mid-40s and continues to worsen until around age 65
AN5aB TIL that Ferdinando Palasciano(1815-1891) was an italian doctor from Naples. He worked as health militay officer and risked a death sentence during the siege of Messina, because he refused to carry out the order to leave untreated the enemy soldiers.
M7ArW TIL of a plant called Welwitschia, a living fossil, which existed before South America split from Africa (200m years ago), can live more than 2000 years and keeps the same two leaves its entire life.
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