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TIL about the biogenic carbon cycle. A natural cycle of carbon and methane being converted between plants, ruminants, soil, and the atmosphere.

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QJBYL TIL that 75% of the world’s diet is produced from just 12 plant and five different animal species
gMyK8 TIL that the Basque language is a "language isolate" - it seems to have no genetic relation to any other known language. It is thought to be the last surviving remnant of an ancient language family that existed in Western Europe before the arrival of the Indo-European languages from the East.
4DXb TIL The ADHD drugs Ritalin and Adderall bind to the same receptors in the brain as cocaine and methamphetamine, respectively. Ritalin has the same effect on the brain as cocaine and Adderall has the same effect as meth, and the only difference is their potency.
lodv7 TIL about DOOMSCROLLING. The act of obsessively checking online news for updates, especially on social media feeds, with the expectation that the news will be bad, such that the feeling of dread from this negative.
jwln TIL that Salad Fingers animator David Firth had a satirical cartoon series removed from Newgrounds due to its lack of quality, this cartoon was later commissioned by the BBC for their website