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TIL that Jupiter used to be eight times larger than it is now (its diameter used to be twice its current diameter), it shrinks by ~2 cm each year

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kObY1 TIL that the !Kung people, a society of hunter-gatherers in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, do not know their own ages or years of birth. This is because they have little use for numbers that are not of immediate practical value.
LX9r TIL that Cannabidiol, a chemical extract from cannabis, is the first nontoxic substance found to fight aggressive metatastic breast cancer cells.
7rwJx TIL Animals are increasingly shifting from day to night to avoid people. Even activities like hiking and camping can scare animals, causing them to become more active at night.
VBEDp TIL there are reservoirs of water vapour in molecular clouds on the verge of star formation
16VL8 TIL, in 1981 a group of American and Canadian citizens plotted to overthrow the government of Dominica with the aim of reinstalling it's former Prime Minister. The plotters were caught and imprisoned, including the former PM.