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TIL humans and livestock account for 96% of the biomass of mammals on earth

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XEXPE TIL Stevie Ray Vaughan's signature '59 Stratocaster, Number One, aka "The Wife" was originally owned by Christopher Cross who traded it to a local music store because he wanted a guitar with a "beefier" sound.
GYAX1 Wagyu's fat has a melting point lower than the average human body temperature, it literally melts in your mouth.
loAa TIL there are four major countries that face population decline in the next 40 years: Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia. Russia’s population is expected to fall 22% by 2050.
l7X6a TIL that plastic waste has now formed new types of rocks (plastiglomerates, pyroplastics, and plastistones) in the most remote parts of the planet that will be part of the Anthropocene fossil record as evidence of the influence of humans
7rYb TIL that even wine experts can’t distinguish red wine from white wine on taste alone