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TIL In Mongolia, 'humans' are the fifth most abundant medium to large mammal. (Sheep > Goats > Cattle > Horses > Humans > Camels) There are 20 livestock per person in Mongolia, although this fluctuates from year to year. Not including wildlife.

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1aOEW TIL in nautical terms, the chain that attaches to the corner of a sail is known as a "sheet". The expression "three sheets to the wind", which implies that someone is inebriated, refers to those chains being loose, allowing the sail to wave around wildly in the wind like a drunk.
OoYkg TIL of of Chloe Phillips-Harris, who was denied access to Kazakhstan in 2016 under the guise that New Zealand did not exist because the map in the detention room did not include it
P18PG Today I learned: A stray Dog in Istanbul, named Boji, uses Turkish public transportation by himself.
9wKar TIL that loneliness is as bad for people's health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day
ADRJg TIL that all GPS coordinates in China are intentionally obfuscated and shifted by 50-500m by a "confidentiality algorithm"