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TIL there are five mass extinctions that each destroying 75-95% of all species. Currently we are on the sixth, because of human activities.

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YNyv TIL that the scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is ‘gorilla gorilla gorilla’
J1P9m TIL that gorillas learn to be mothers when they are babies
yov8 TIL there is a guy who cycled 75,065 miles in one year in 1939. He then carried on to cycle 100,000 miles, and then had to relearn how to walk.
xVX7 TIL the first Google Doodle signified that Larry Page and Sergey Brin had gone to Burning Man and were out of the office.
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