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

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gW7A TIL That Mary Jane was killed by Spiderman’s radioactive semen.
YpvBv TIL that the term for the last animal of an entire species is Endling. When an Endling dies, the species is considered extinct.
1OV7 TIL two 2,000-year-old “floating palaces” built by Caligula were recovered from an Italian lake when Benito Moussolini ordered the lake drained.
6EeDZ TIL During the University of Texas shooting, pregnant student Claire Wilson was shot, and her fiance killed. While Wilson lay crying out for help directly in the sniper's view, student Rita Starpattern ran to her and played dead for 90 minutes, talking to Wilson to keep her awake until help arrived.
QnLk TIL More than half of all African-American children live in single-parent homes