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TIL that in 2024 a construction company built an entire family home on the wrong lot in Hawaii after miscounting the number of telephone poles on the land. They then sold the home without the landowner knowing.

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4XjMo TIL that a breed of wool dogs existed on the pacific northwest coast. Indigenous people would keep the dogs isolated on small islands to prevent inter breeding with hunting dogs. The wool dogs were cared for and feed a rich diet of seafood to produce strong yarn to make blankets from.
WkD8N TIL that the Poison Ivy rash itself is NOT contagious. You can only get Poison Ivy from another person if they still have the oil from the plant on them.
6EAl TIL that the US wouldn’t agree to the 1954 Geneva Accords that would allow Vietnam to hold elections and vote for their own leaders. This refusal was a starting point for the Vietnam War.
0eyR TIL There is a volcano in Japan that erupts almost every day, and has done so since 1914, when the Island spewed enough lava to become connected to the mainland.
GAGdQ TIL that human teeth are the only part of the body that cannot repair themselves.