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TIL one of the most well-known and robust hypotheses linking household income and ecology, the luxury effect, suggests that urban biodiversity, and plant diversity in particular, is positively correlated with neighborhood wealth. This is particularly pronounced in arid ecoregions and biomes.

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jNLgX TIL Nurhaci attacked China's Ming Dynasty, Korea's Joseon Dynasty, and his conquest of northeast China laid the groundwork for the conquest of China by the Qing Dynasty. He is also credited with ordering the creation of a written script for the Manchu language
neBWG TIL Ben Gibbard, from Death Cab for Cutie, is an ultra marathon runner, regularly running 50/100 mile races
AV67 TIL The first known written record with a name comes from Sumerian accountant over 5000 years ago and states ‘A total of 29,086 measures of barley were received over the course of 37 months. Signed, Kushim.’
R5Lmw TIL an annual Elephant Beauty Contest has been held in Chitwan National Park, Nepal since 2010, and the latest winner Selfiekali was selected in December 2023 for "her vibrant colours and moves"
W7XOL TIL about the "Green Card Lottery" the first commercial computer spam campaign (Via Usenet) which was started by the now disbarred layer Laurence Canter and his wife in 1994.