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TIL social media pundits widely criticized the Mr. Beast "1,000 Blind People See For The First Time" video as an extravagant philanthropic stunt and accused him of being "charitable for views."

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LQAZv TIL - Indonesia has 3 tiger subspecies. The Bali tiger vanished in the 1940s, while the last confirmed sighting of the Javan tiger occurred in the 1970s. This left only the Sumatran tiger, with an estimated population of fewer than 400 individuals, as the sole surviving tiger subspecies in Indonesia
mxnbY TIL that the government of Denmark recreated their country, block by block, in Minecraft. However, some vandals broke into the server and blew everything up, leaving behind US flags in the craters.
jN57X TIL Scientists in China have successfully grown tooth enamel which paves the way to replace fillings & crowns. A chemical mixture applied to whole human teeth created an enamel layer 2.7 micrometers thick within 48 hours. (Calcium & phosphate ions with triethylamine in alcohol).
W7keX TIL A killing committed on an iceberg outside of any country's territorial waters led to such a massive kerfuffle over the questions of jurisdiction and who had the right to try the defendant that it is being examined as a possible case study in the event murder occurs in outer space.
rGkw TIL of Godwin’s Law: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.