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TIL about the “Behavioral Sink” - a term invented by John B. Calhoun to describe a collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation

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kGJm TIL Medieval blue dye was made by soaking the leaves of the woad plant in human urine. Urine from men who had been drinking a great deal of alcohol was said to improve the color.
VXEp TIL Frodo was 33 years old at the start of the Fellowship of the Ring novel and he didn’t actually embark on his journey until 17 years later.
Epg0 TIL there is one person still living who was born in the 19th Century - Susannah Mushatt Jones, born July 6, 1899
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