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TIL Non-avian Dinosaurs would have not gone extinct if the asteroid hit anywhere else but the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.

by whatilearned January 21, 2022, 7:45 pm

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TIL that the Judean Date Palm was extinct until scientists germinated 2,000 year old seeds to bring the tree back into existence. The seeds were discovered in an ancient jar in Israel, dated between 155 BC to 64 AD.

by whatilearned January 20, 2022, 8:03 am

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TIL New Zealand was home to some of the largest birds on Earth around 600 years ago, the Moas. These ostrich-like birds were as tall as 3m but went extinct due to overhunting by the first Polynesian settlers.

by whatilearned January 19, 2022, 10:04 am

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One animal will go extinct in 10 seconds. You have to decide. What are you choosing?

by QuestionGuy January 14, 2022, 3:58 pm

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TIL: The Salish Wool Dog is an extinct breed of dog that was bred to produce wool that was prized among the Northwestern Salish Tribe.

by whatilearned January 12, 2022, 9:46 pm

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TIL the now extinct Passenger Pigeon in all probability, was once the most abundant bird on the planet.

by whatilearned January 10, 2022, 3:33 pm

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TIL about ‘Turnspit dogs’, an extinct breed of small dogs that were trained to evenly roast meat over a fire by turning a spit

by whatilearned January 9, 2022, 5:27 pm

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Which animal should go extinct?

by QuestionGuy December 3, 2021, 6:19 pm

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TIL that Native American horses probably never went extinct.

by whatilearned November 26, 2021, 12:27 am

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TIL the theory of Peninsular Japonic. Linguists believe a Japonic language was spoken on central & southern parts of the Korean Peninsula. The language supposedly spread to Japan during the Yayoi period migration, while the remaining Japonic went extinct & got replaced by Koreanic-speakers in Korea.

by whatilearned October 29, 2021, 3:08 pm

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You can choose one species to go extinct, what that would be?

by QuestionGuy October 27, 2021, 8:44 pm

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If you could bring back one extinct animal, which would you choose?

by QuestionGuy October 25, 2021, 12:29 am

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