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TIL that 218 species and subspecies of primates across the globe are currently threatened by roads, railways, pipelines, and transmission lines. That is nearly half of all primates species in the world.

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XB1D TIL: The US govt still provides up to 300 pre-rolled marijuana joints to the 4 surviving patients from a now defunct program started in 1976
9wA4G TIL that Eric Schmitt of Missouri is the 2000th senator to ever serve in the United States Senate. The next Senator to be sworn in will be the 2003rd Senator since the inception of the Upper house of the US congress.
PYoPn TIL In stocks, being "short" a stock means you have sold a borrowed share, in hopes that it gets cheaper. You owe a share back, but you are "short" it until you buy it back to return to the lender.
LQLPd TIL The novel Maltese Falcon got its name from the tribute of one falcon per year that the Knight Hospitallers, a Catholic military order founded during the crusade, had to provide to the monarchs of Sicily in exchange for getting the island of Malta. It went on continuously from 1530 to 1798.
ANMgw TIL: Blood is thicker than water doesn't mean what you think it means.