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TIL Göbekli Tepe: The oldest discovered temple in the world. Located in the Germus mountains of southeastern Anatolia, this property features monumental round-oval and rectangular megalithic structures built by hunter-gatherers during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period between 9,600 and 8,200 BC.
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TIL In El Salvador there is an archeological site called Joya de Cerén which is nicknamed “The Pompeii of North America” because it was buried by a volcanic eruption around 600 AD. To date, a total of 18 structures have been identified and 10 have been completely or partially excavated.
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TIL the first European tropical colonial outpost was the town of Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) founded in 1462 by Portugal, six years after they discovered Cabo Verde.