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TIL that a kangaroo rat can survive without ever drinking water. It extracts water from it's diet of seeds.

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N7gmP TIL about the Berlin Conference in 1884. 14 European countries held a 6 month long conference to formally divide Africa, so they an invade, overthrow existing governments, and pillage without fighting among each other. By 1902 90% of the continent was owned by European countries.
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