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

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WkM99 TIL a cycling company was seeing a high number of its bikes getting damaged during deliveries; they solved the problem by making a simple change: printing a flatscreen television screen on the boxes. Damages were reduced by 70%
OGA76 TIL Two sailors died when trying to salute then VP Millard Fillmore (Roadside America)
5Y9KQ TIL JH Kellog, inventor of granola, was estranged from his brother WK Kellogg. JH wrote a letter seeking to reopen the relationship. His secretary decided her employer had demeaned himself in it and refused to send it. The younger Kellogg did not see it until after his brother's death
QN80M TIL 'All Dressed' is a chip flavor immensely popular in Canada since the 1970s. This flavor combines ketchup, barbecue, sour cream and onion, and salt and vinegar flavors all rolled into one chip. Ruffles has recently been marketing the flavor in the US.
XERrk TIL that from 2006 to 2020, 5,605 American service members were killed in training accidents. This represents 32% of all reported active-duty military deaths for that time period and is double the percentage of troops killed in action.