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Proof that the minions from Despicable Me did in fact serve the Nazis AND Soviets during World War 2 and nearly went extinct in the process.

by CopyPastaArchive July 3, 2022, 6:33 am

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TIL a cave in France, only accessible by diving, has ancient cave art which depicts the now extinct great auk, which looked similar to a penguin

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 2:44 pm

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One animal must go extinct. Which one?

by QuestionGuy July 1, 2022, 2:16 am

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TIL: Thomas Jefferson didn’t believe it was possible for animal species to go extinct and believed that Mastodons, giant sloths, and dinosaurs existed in the American west. He asked Lewis and Clark to bring back living Mastodons.

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 2:27 am

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TIL many Native American tribes used fire for thousands of years to manage forest brush for small game hunting as well as creating grasslands for big game to be hunted. This resulted in many species of plants, animals, and fungi to become extinct as the forest became a fire-adapted ecosystem.

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 12:25 am

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TIL about glass sponges, once thought to be extinct for over 100 million years and only recently rediscovered in the last 25 years living on reefs of themselves at depths of 450m to 900m. It’s thought they could live up to 40k years, because of changing levels in seas most probably ONLY live 15k yrs

by whatilearned June 14, 2022, 7:15 am

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What do you think is most likely to cause humans to go extinct?

by QuestionGuy June 13, 2022, 6:03 pm

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TIL that Khazar, a Turkic language from Central Asia which became extinct by the 13th century, has the smallest known body of literature of any language: only one written Khazar word, meaning “I have read”, has been found.

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 5:55 pm

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TIL Dromedary Camels are a completely domesticated species, having gone extinct in the wild over 2,000 years ago. Any that live outside captivity, such as those in Australia, are ferals descended from pack/farm animals brought in by people.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 7:50 pm

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If you could bring back one extinct creature what would you bring back?

by QuestionGuy May 29, 2022, 4:17 pm

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TIL about Yola, a.k.a the “Forth and Bargy dialect”, an extinct Anglic language spoken in southern County Wexford until the 1990s.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 3:23 pm

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Which animal do you think needs to be extinct, and what is your reasoning?

by QuestionGuy May 26, 2022, 12:33 am

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