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TIL that Wolves were reintroduced to the American West bringing indirect ecological improvement called Trophic cascades. Wolves put pressure on Elks that can't forage anywhere and anytime. Some of the Yellowstone’s woody plants are now growing again.

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R779j TIL the Director of Thor Ragnorak, Taika Waititi, also did a TED Talk on Creativity
wLkL7 TIL there was a plan in the 1920s/30s to dam the Mediterranean Sea, create a series of hydroelectric dams, lower sea levels and make North Africa more fertile. It was imagined by a German who wanted to avoid another world war for resources, land and energy by providing plentiful resources for Europe
kaPE TIL- The makers of Edible Underwear were denied patent protection on the grounds that “candy and pants were incompatible”
b6bE TIL Stanley Kubrick’s decision to only use classical music in what would become the iconic soundtrack for “2001: A Space Odyssey”, was made last minute in post-production. Alex North, who’d written an entire score for the film, didn’t find out his music had been discarded until the premiere.
oBaNK TIL that the circuit board on an average phone has about 360ft (110m) of wire to connect all of the internal components.