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

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dD778 TIL the sound a whip makes when you crack it is caused by a sonic boom created when the tip of a whip moves faster than the speed of sound. The whip was also the first man made object to break the sound barrier.
J17Q TIL: There is an area of the universe a billion light years across that has virtually nothing in it, not even dark matter.
yQpRJ TIL that a Christian sect called "Millerites" believed that Christ would return by Oct. 22, 1844. When that didn't happen, the "Great Disappointment" caused them to fall into confusion and disband, with some former Millerites reinterpreting their doctrine and forming the Seventh Day Adventists.
16BxX TIL the classic children's book How to Eat Fried Worms was written by Thomas Rockwell, painter Norman Rockwell's son.
epNE6 TIL it is PETIT thefit! English is my 3rd language, and I never bothered to pay attention it is petit theft! from how it is pronounced I ALWAYS thought it was PETTY theft! I guess pronouncing the French "petit" was too much for the English!