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TIL that more than 90 percent of the monarch butterfly population has vanished in the last 25 years.

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oBjaK TIL that there's no evidence that depression is caused by low levels of seratonin. This has been known for decades, and neuroscientists have been trying to debunk this myth to the public for years. The actual mechanism of antidepressants is unknown.
4XDA6 TIL After a flat hunter in Israel sent a prospective landlord ????????????‍✌️☄️????️???? emojis before declining the offer for the apartment, the emojis formed evidence used by the landlord to argue that he had been misled. The sender was ordered to pay the owner $2 200 for lost rent.
D188Y TIL that Pumped Up Kicks, in the writer of the songs word, A big f*** you to hipsters because they will be rocking out to the song while hating the lyrics.
d86xQ TIL that Polish coffin company, Lindner, has had a "sexy" coffin calendar since 2010 [NSFW]
PxnJ TIL that scientists can read dreams using brain scans.