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TIL We are living in a modern mass extinction event. Between 1500 and 2009, 875 animals have officially gone extinct, mainly due to human involvement. Undocumented estimates are much higher.

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e0X7g TIL that despite increases in computer power, each Shrek film has taken about twice as many hours to render as the one before it. Dreamworks calls this "Shrek's Law".
N7R9b TIL that Motorcycle Chariot Racing became an extremely popular sport in the 1920s when some Australians replaced the horses with motorcycles, after watching the silent film version of 'Ben Hur'
O1j1 TIL that a 106-mile portion of I-70 in Utah has no gasoline or exits. It is the longest portion of the US Interstate system without services. A station at one end sells about 30 gas containers a week to people who run out on the highway and walk to the station.
gM0Oy TIL that the worlds smallest park is located in Portland, Oregon and it consists of just 1 tree and is only 2ft across. It even has an official parks and rec sign
4XM4o TIL that Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and Winston Churchill had tattoos!