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TIL the Ottoman Empire lasted until ca. 1922

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Eg7vW TIL that the Burmese Star Tortoise was once considered functionally extinct in the wild, but emergency breeding programs in Myanmar have brought the population back to roughly 10,000-14,000 in protected areas, even as poaching continues to threaten the species.
EgWDV TIL charging cords and gas stations will be obsolete by 2025?!?!?!
d8AYr TIL Utah’s Great Salt Lake is a remnant of a much larger lake that drained in a single, catastrophic event 14,000 years ago.
ZpDVB TIL that sharks are older than Saturn’s rings