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TIL Johnny Cash nearly destroyed an entire species. When Johnny Cash’s truck overheated and went up in flames, he decided to step aside instead of call for help. As a result, a square mile of the forest was burned and 50% of the California Condors bird species were killed. He was fined $82,000

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ANkN4 TIL That, until recently, people who spent more than six months in Britain from 1980 to 1997 were unable to donate blood because of an outbreak of "mad cow disease" in the area at that time
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