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TIL there are 14,033 animals on the “least concern” list of endangerment and some of those animals numbers, like the Galah (species of parrot) are steadily increasing.

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8a6GP TIL, that Oct. 2, 1929 marked the last time a Work Union existed in the small town of Marion, NC as 6 members were shot in cold blood by the local sherrifs. Seven of whom were Anti-Union and deputized moments before the shooting. All were aquitted.
7rZZ7 TIL that Tarrare, a man living in the 1700s, had an endless appetite due to unknown causes. In one case, he ate 15 meals in a single sitting, and his endless hunger led him, while in a hospital, to eat piles of garbage, as well as trying to drink other patients blood and eat corpses from the morgue.
m1Oex TIL that KNHC 89.5 FM Seattle is the world's oldest, still remaining, dance music station. It was established in December 1969, and owned by Seattle Public Schools, therefore it's a non-commercial educational station funded only by a Community Service Grant and fund raising efforts.
N7ne1 TIL That Mad Max: Fury Road had filming moved from the Broken Hill region of NSW to Namibia after unusual rainfall caused the desert landscape to bloom with wild flowers.
NlvE TIL If you see a mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb, you’re supposed to stick your arm out and hold your thumb over the cloud. If the cloud is bigger than your thumb you are in the radiation zone and should evacuate.