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TIL During the 19th century, Armand David was the first westerner to 'discover' the Giant Panda, which he believed to be a "new species". In the course of his explorations, Père David sent back to Paris specimens of 63 previously unknown animals and 65 birds.
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TIL about the stylitism, a trend among early Christian monks who practiced asceticism by living atop a pillar. One stylite stayed atop his pillar for 54 years without ever coming down
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TIL: The only town officially cursed and excommunicated by the Catholic Church is located in Spain