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TIL 41,459 different species are threatened with extinction

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6Eeg8 TIL There is a National Senior League for Wii Bowling, made up of over 1,400 people on 280 teams across America.
GYDKJ TIL There is a Nigerian floating village of nearly 100,000 people that is self-sufficient and self-policing: There's electricity, hotels, schools, and restaurants fully independent of the mainland
4BJX TIL that before it became Islam’s holiest site, the Ka’ba housed pagan idols from all over the region and helped one family monopolize trade on the Arab Peninsula since members of every religion took pilgrimages to visit it
69ek8 TIL while the 'This is a true story' card at the beginning of 'Fargo' is untrue, the story was based on two real-life crimes (someone actually was chopped up in a wood chipper).
ojoW TIL “Halo” was originally a Mac game that Steve Jobs wanted to use to make Mac a viable gaming platform