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TIL about a hunter who won an auction to kill an endangered black rhino in Namibia. In this controversial practice, several older rhinos that are no longer able to breed but still pose a deadly threat to younger males areIDd. The proceeds are meant to go toward anti-poaching and conservation effort

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5YVJr Characterized by their large green bodies and beak-like teeth, bumphead parrotfish can be found near the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific. These large corallivores use their mighty teeth to grind up the hard exterior of coral in search of the small creatures living inside. If you've ever visited a beach in these regions, you've probably relaxed on the sandy remnants of this coral-based diet. In other words, that beach is full of crap! National Geographic grantee Mikayla Wujec fills us in in this episode of Today I Learned.
loDka TIL that in 2011, an elderly woman who was searching for copper accidentally sliced through an underground cable which left the whole country of Armenia without internet connection.
vNdK TIL that the Frome Hoard, one of the largest found in Britain, was discovered by a amateur metal detectorist just 35 cm below the ground in Somerset. It contained 52,503 Roman coins.
XEoXR TIL that, according to the CIA, the average Soviet citizen (during the Cold War) was likely better fed than the average American
p8Q58 TIL that Mount Shishaldin, an active volcano in Alaska is in the shape of a perfect cone, with perfectly circular contours above 2000m.