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TIL Dogs are banned on Antarctica to protect native wildlife and reduce disease risk, dogs are not allowed on Antarctica, per international agreements.

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Z8OXB TIL that the growth of the world population in 2021 is the lowest we've yet to record, growing half as fast as 50 years ago and continuing a trend of declining.
7dMO TIL religious belief in America has hit an all time low. Prayer rates have decreased fivefold since the early 1980s and many Americans think the bible is is an “ancient book of fables, legends, history, and moral precepts recorded by men”
QN5Me TIL the Beijing subway has 3.45 billion annual riders
94XB TIL 4 Irish women barricaded themselves in their home in 2000 and starved themselves for weeks until death. In a letter found at the scene:“Our stomachs are devouring themselves … Please, please listen, none of us fore saw it could be this cruel and slow.”
788G7 TIL regular 'concussion', or mild traumatic brain injury - mTBI, may lead to chronic neurodegenerative consequences following the twisting, buckling or distortion of white matter in the brain.