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TIL Humans account for just 0.01% of Life on Earth and have caused the loss of around 80% of wild land and marine mammals, and 50% of plants.

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DZZP TIL in Boston if you a report a pothole, you get back both a photo of the filled pothole and a photo of the team that filled it.
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