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TIL about Mill Ends Park, the world's smallest park

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d8bE TIL the quietest room in the world registers -9 decibels (yes, negative decibels)
mDdO TIL pikas (real-life pikachus) are adorable mammals from the mountains of the American West. They can overheat in temperatures as low as 75 degrees F, so they make specialized dens to stay cool even when 900 degree F fires roar just a few feet away.
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KppE TIL: There is a word for the murder of citizens by their own government, “democide” and it is the leading cause of unnatural human death.
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