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TIL The vaquita is the rarest and most endangered animal on earth, with an estimated 6-8 left in the entire world.

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J1nQk TIL on January 23, 1556 a massive earthquake, measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, struck Shaanxi, China, killing over 850,000 people. This is the most devastating earthquake in recorded history.
mLQO TIL that Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin learned to fence both left- and right-handed and performed all of the fencing in the sword fight scene for The Princess Bride
0ny1 TIL that Robert Liston is the only surgeon to have a 300% mortality rate - the patient, the surgical assistant and a spectator all died
R7Ap7 TIL a survey in 2021 found nearly 1 in 5 American men admit to not having a single close friend. This has been called, "The Loneliness Epidemic."
kJOZm TIL of “Nobel Disease”, a tendency for Nobel Prize winners to adopt pseudoscientific ideas later in life