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TIL of the Pyrenean ibex. The first animal to be cloned out of extinction. It subsequently became the first animal to go extinct twice!

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pYo6b TIL the World Toilet Organization was founded in Singapore with the mission to improve global sanitation and toilet conditions worldwide.
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