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TIL that the famous Sailing Stones of Death Valley (USA) actual move due to being on thin sheets of ice and being pushed by incredibly high winds

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VBVVk TIL: The Lenski Experiment, a 34 year-long experiment with bacteria, has studied over 75,000 generations of E.coli since 1988z
dOPE TIL Not only did there used to be giant sloth, but there were giant MARINE sloths
nWDoW TIL in the Lion King that when Rafiki says to Simba 'You are a baboon, and I am not' he is correct: he is in fact a Mandrill and not a baboon.
5VWYp TIL Mi’kmaq used birch bark canoes or hollowed-out hemlock logs fitted with long wooden runners or “skates” to sprint over the ice and water to Prince Edward Island. The British copied this design in the 1800s for Royal Mail delivery
VMZ0k TIL that during the Siege of Syracuse (213-212 BC), Greek mathematician Archimedes refused to abandon the geometry equation he was working on during a battle. His last words before being killed by a Roman soldier were: “Don't disturb my circles!”