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TIL that the average carbon footprint of a homeless person in the USA is bigger than that of the average Kyoto resident.

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eYnb TIL nearly 50% of A.I. researchers believe that progress in their field will result in significant job loss on a global scale within the next 20 years.
yVeEa TIL the Roman Army used decimation as a form of punishment. Decimation is when a unit of soldiers would be selected for punishment, and one in ten soldiers would be randomly executed as a lesson to the rest of the unit. It was used to maintain discipline of soldiers.
xE6k TIL The Arabic word for hamster roughly translates as “Mr Saddlebags”.
wLXwJ TIL the leaves of the Australian Gympie Gympie plant are covered by hollow glass needles filled with a neurotoxin. The sting can last for years and is so exquisitely painful people have killed themselves after being stung.
P1bmg TIL about the Mossdale Caverns tragedy. A party of ten went into it, and four of them left after three hours. When one of the four returned and found the entrance flooded, she alerted rescuers, but the water made entry impossible. Five were found dead the next day and the sixth the day after.