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TIL in the past 100 years, 80% of the biomass of fish in the world’s oceans has been lost.

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QNWYX TIL of Flavius Claudius Julianus (Julian), the last Pagan emperor of Rome, and how he was the last pagan ruler after 312CE and attempted to reinstate paganism after Christianity had become the sole State religion.
mKJo TIL: college educated people are more likely to stay married
EyRd TIL that ‘The Walking Dead’ is shot on 16mm film, which gives it a natural gritty look and allows the zombie make-up effects to be the most believable on screen.
b9vra TIL that the photographer Kevin Carter committed suicide because of depression after he took a picture showcasing a little frail famine-stricken girl collapsed in the foreground with a vulture eyeing her from nearby.
JJO8 TIL a man with brain damage stuck in a coma-like state for 6 years was brought back to consciousness by doctors who implanted electrodes in his brain.