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TIL the last individual of a species is called an Endling. When it dies, the species is extinct.

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8Rlb TIL Gay victims of the Holocaust, who wore the pink triangle, were not seen as victims by British and American troops and were often sent back to prison to serve out their term.
WkAeY TIL There was a study that concluded that watching Keeping up with the Kardashians likely makes you a worse person. “When considered together with my study, it suggests that exposure to the message in this materialistic media can inhibit peoples’ altruism, empathy and concern for the community."
oBJd8 TIL It took Chinese authorities 7 minutes to locate and apprehend a BBC reporter using a network of CCTV camera and facial recognition technology
wLwMo TIL that a major reason Los Angeles grew to be so huge was that they controlled the entire area’s water supply- the only way surrounding towns could get water was to annex themselves to LA.
xZQ5 TIL Florida Man Carl Tanzler, an X-ray tech, fell in love with a patient and exhumed her body when she died to sleep with her corpse for 7 years. Charges were dropped because the statue of limitations expired by the time anyone found out.