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TIL Pangolins are believed to be the world's most trafficked mammal, accounting for as much as 20% of all illegal wildlife trade. Their scales can cost more than $3,000/kg on the black market.

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yV5xv TIL that Samurai armour was largely made out of hemp (cannabis)
JYW8v TIL there is sea-lice and they are considered the largest biomass on earth!
1agJW TIL Lincoln’s bodyguard, a drunk previously reprimanded for drinking on the job, was not at his post to protect POTUS the night Lincoln died. Instead, he was at the Star Saloon next door drinking; the same saloon where John Wilkes Booth was seeking the liquid courage to assassinate the President.
NW76 TIL the longest period in US history where President’s without any military experience were elected was between 1909-1945; during the period with both World Wars.
JYrO4 TIL the Steel Drum was created in Trinidad and Tobago after the British banned African percussion music and traditional stick-fighting after the Canboulay Riots in 1890. Steel Drums later emerged made from frying pans, dustbin lids, and, of course, oil drums due to the country's oil resources.