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TIL that only 57 fabergé eggs exist today

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WRg4 TIL that there are 78 species and subspecies of animals and plants that are extinct in the wild. All of them exist only in zoos or nature preserves.
e0k6n TIL that broccoli is a man made vegetable. It’s a human invention made from wild cabbage.
GwVj TIL there have been serious scientific attempts to study whether or not our “reality” is, in fact, a computer simulation a la “The Matrix”
yVeGJ TIL that anxiety and/or stress can cause fevers.