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TIL humans are the cause of an ongoing mass extinction event known as the Holocene Extinction

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aw7JZ TIL The gypsies lost more in percentage terms than the Jews during the holocaust. They don't call it the holocaust, they call it the devouring.
j6AwE TIL that kippers are not a species of fish, but rather a name for smoked herring.
kJY5E TIL Chernobyl is actually a haven for wildlife. Paradoxically, the environment has become a sanctuary for biodiversity, due to the lack of human activity and interactions in the area.
KOyV4 TIL that "decimation" means "removal of a tenth" in Latin, and refers to a Roman practice in which military commanders punished units for capital offenses by having soldiers execute 1 in 10 of their comrades.
4X8JN TIL of Devin Gaines, who earned 5 bachelor degrees at the same time from the University of Connecticut in 2007, completing 276 credits, only to drown later that year as he had never learned how to swim.