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TIL Genghis Khan killed about 10% of the world population.

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baPj TIL of the Haast Eagle which went extinct in the 1400’s, it was a bird that weighed 20-30 lbs, had a 10 ft wing span, and was one of the only birds capable of lifting a full grown human and was able to lift up to 500 lbs
pY9Xe TIL that prior to human settlement, the only land-based mammal on Iceland were arctic foxes.
4kb8J TIL of Bracken Cave near San Antonio, Texas. The world's biggest bat cave, it hosts about 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats from March to October, the largest concentration of mammals anywhere on earth
nWJ4W TIL that in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, only 1 person has died from radiation poisoning while the subsequent evacuation claimed the lives of 2,202 people.
p1DO TIL that Steve Rothstein paid $250K for a lifetime unlimited first class American Airlines ticket in 1987. He even hopped onto planes to get a sandwich or a baseball game from other cities. He cost AA $21 million, and they ended his contract in 2008.