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TIL The number of species at risk of extinction has doubled to 2 million

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JYAm4 TIL that relative to other animals humans are born prematurely and thus can be "socialized to a far greater extent than any other animal". Human babies are highly dependent for YEARS on adults (vs. e.g., kitten leaving mother weeks after birth) and thus can be taught/nurtured for better or worse.
Bg60D TIL Tu Youyou won Nobel Prize in Medicine by discovering a cure for Malaria in ancient Chinese Daoist Medical texts
Lnxd TIL the author of Nancy Drew ,Carolyn Keene is not a single person but a collection of ghostwriters paid $125 per book.
16ypP TIL Norma and Bob Clark, a California couple who had a wedding in 1964, discovered 48 years later that they had never been legally married, since the pastor who married them had never sent in the couple's marriage license to the county record office.
evyE TIL that most removable storage devices i.e. flash drives, have a default setting that allows them to be safely removed without ejecting it. This setting can be turned off to increase speed.