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TIL Alexander Mackenzie was the first European to cross North America (north of Mexico)

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N7Av1 TIL - Humans and big ag livestock now account for 96% of mammal biomass
ADEGn TIL that there is a species of ant that essentially use kamikaze tactics to protect their nest. When attacked, one or more workers will attach themselves to the attacker and explode their abdomen, thus releasing a toxic goo all over the attacker. These ants are aptly named Colobopsis Explodens.
mxEKE TIL expensive weddings usually end in divorce.
KOG99 TIL in 1556, the deadliest earthquake in recorded history struck Shensi province in China, killing about 830,000 people.
95M6 TIL that a 14 year old attempted to commit suicide by impersonating a woman online, seducing his friend and convincing that friend to murder him.