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TIL about "Blue Monday", which is in the third Monday of January, is supposedly the most depressing day of the year

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69eZ8 TIL that elephant poaching has steadily decreased in certain African countries causing elephant populations to slowly begin rising.
rNABd TIL about Goldbach's conjecture, one of the oldest and best-known unsolved problems in mathematics. It states that every even natural number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers. The conjecture remains unproven despite considerable effort.
ADeao Til that military working dogs used by the US in Vietnam were either left behind or euthanized, mostly the latter.
M7jnB TIL that the "Where do we go now?" ending in Guns N' Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' originated from the band actually being unsure how to complete that section of the song. Rose started saying to himself, "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" and Proffer suggested that he sing that.
QJXQM TIL August 11, 1984 Ronald Reagan made a pre-broadcast mic check, declaring, “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” It leaked and became the world news leading to the alert state in Japan