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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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N7nBe TIL There's an island in Liberia where chimps used for scientific experiments are sent to after retirement. This island has kept them segregated from the rest of the country's primates for 50 years. A team of locals are paid to row out and feed them regularly.
4XV96 TIL that so-called 'Ag-gag' laws in the US forbid the act of undercover filming or photography of activity on farms without the consent of their owner. These laws protect the agriculture industry from the negative repercussions of exposés by whistleblowers
LkBdP TIL when polygamist cult leader Rulon Jeffs died in 2002, 18 of his 20 wives married his son Warren Jeffs within a week's time.
W9YN TIL On this day in 1963, William Shatner guest starred as Bob Wilson in “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”. One of the most famous Twilight Zone episodes, and one of TIME Magazine’s Top 10 episodes.
RpPQ TIL Due to his good relationship with the CIA, Elvis tried to get The Beatles banished from America because they were “bad for the American youth”!