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TIL that during conservation efforts to save the critically endangered toolache wallaby, 10 of the last surviving members of the species were accidentally killed during efforts to capture them for a breeding program. The species is now extinct.

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KWOE TIL In 1999 hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any account using the password “eh”.
VJ7G TIL in 2001, members of PETA had just left an anti-hunt protest when they hit a deer. They informed the NJ Division of Fish and and Wildlife that they would sue for damages and injuries since it was a result of the deer management program, which included, increasing the deer population.
J1JZ8 TIL On Jan. 30, 1607, the water levels in the Bristol Channel in the UK suddenly rose to more than 25 feet above sea level. Water flooded towns and villages along the coast in England and Wales, causing an estimated 2000 deaths and thousands of animals drowned and farm fields of above 200sqmi ruined
5YN1D TIL About Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the "Lion of (East) Africa". He was a General for Imperial Germany under Wilhelm II during the First World War, known as one of the greatest Generals of WW1 he was "the only German Commander to successfully invade the British Empire during WW1"
oR7bA TIL that Charles Joughin, Chief Baker on the Titanic, helped passengers board lifeboats and was “boozed up”, which allowed him to withstand the frigid temperatures. He threw chairs overboard to use as flotation devices, and some say he was the last to enter the water, where he survived for 2 hours.