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TIL that humans and their livestock represent 96% of all mammals on Earth in terms of biomass, whereas all wild mammals represent only 4%.

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5Yn88 TIL of a contract between Disney and Robin Williams stating that the Genie from Aladin could not be used in any sort of merchandising or tie-in products. After Disney broke the contract, Robin received a Picasso painting as an apology.
l79EK TIL about the Mimizuka. A monument dedicated to the 40,000 noses cut from Korean faces and brought to the Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi by his soldiers during the Imjin War
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