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TIL the UNESCO estimates that about half of e world's spoken languages will disappear by the end of the century. Out of all languages in the world, 2,000 have fewer than 1,000 native speakers.

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5YP89 TIL Casey Anthony had “fool-proof suffocation methods” in her Firefox search history from the day before her daughter died. Police overlooked this evidence, because they only checked the history in Internet Explorer.
p88A4 TIL Quarterback Sam Bradford has earned over $114 Million over his 7 year career in the NFL and has never once been to the Playoffs or Pro Bowl.
WJOo TIL in pre-modern Europe, Outlaw or Outlawry, was one of the harshest punishments available and put the criminal outside of any legal protections, subject to persecution, murder etc. by anybody. It was considered a death sentence but not carried out by the state.
Q8jp TIL that China has an obsession with cloning Western cities. They cloned Paris and it’s a ghost town.
8eXYL TIL not all species die of old age. Some animals such as hydra, planarian flatworms, and certain sponges, corals, and jellyfish exhibit potential immortality.