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TIL: 99 percent of all species ever are extinct and of one percent alive today only 14 percent have been documented and described!

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166JV TIL that the prehistoric giant sloth had hidden "armor" of tiny pebble-like bones imbeded in its skin.
a8okN TIL that in 2005, The Simpsons was dubbed into Arabic as Al-Shamshoon and heavily altered. Homer drinks soda, eats beef hot dogs, and snacks on ka'ak instead of donuts. Alcohol, pork, Moe's Tavern, and Krusty's Jewish background were all removed.
RKOQ TIL German colleges no longer charges tuition to international students from anywhere around the world.
KYkVJ TIL the brain has a "default mode network" that's best known for being active when a person is not focused on the outside world and the brain is at wakeful rest, such as during daydreaming and mind-wandering. It creates a coherent "internal narrative" central to the construction of a sense of self.
newe9 TIL that in 1950, Republican Margaret Chase Smith became the first to denounce McCarthyism on the Senate floor. She also claimed that though a GOP victory in the '52 election was needed, she couldn't support a campaign founded on "the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear."