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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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EgO8X TIL in Germany, having sex with someone who says no repeatedly was legal until 2016. It was only punished as rape if violence was threatened or used, or the victim physically tried to fight off the rapist.
Y7yGr TIL that, on being rejected by the only woman he ever proposed to, Lord William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness, took a vow of celibacy, allowing his noble titles to go extinct upon his death in 1995.
yVOaX TIL of there existed a government Music Bureau in Dynastic China aka the Ministry of Music which wasnt a music academy like today, it collected poems & musical scores & choreography to inform the emperor of the thoughts, feelings, and conditions of the various people in different parts of the empire
BgrOL TIL that in 1946, the Argentinian government imported 50 beavers in an attempt to start a fur trade. There are now 200,000 and they are threatening over 39 million acres of forest.
MWr7 TIL the star Mira has a surface that pulsates in such a way as to increase and decrease its brightness over periods ranging from about 80 to more than 1,000 days. This means sometimes the star is incredibly dim, while other times it is one of the brightest stars in its constellation.