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TIL: the population of mountain gorillas currently is a little less than 1000.

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Yb1v TIL the Pagoda at Horyuji is the oldest wooden building on the planet, it contains some timbers that came from trees felled around 600AD
Z8RBD TIL about helium-3, an abundant and safe fusion power fuel found in the moon
4X966 TIL Ice-T’s album "Rhyme Pays" was the first rap album to carry a Parental Advisory label, three years before the RIAA started putting the Parental Advisory sticker on albums.
RWd4 TIL in 1972 a pocket of uranium in Africa was found to have undergone self-sustaining nuclear fission for over 100,000 years, making it the only known naturally formed nuclear reactor.
a8kr0 TIL: James Burkey Belser was an American graphic designer responsible for designing the nutrition facts label the FDA mandates on all packaged foods that is the most frequently reproduced graphic in the world. He previously designed law firm logos before taking the pro bono project that brought fame