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TIL Unibrows are attractive in Tajikistan
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TIL about bog bodies—human remains found in peat bogs that are naturally mummified for thousands of years. A bog's highly acidic, oxygen-free environment preserves skin, hair, nails, organs, wool and leather clothing but dissolves bones—allowing scientists to study their appearance and last meals.
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TIL The Pyrenean ibex remains the only animal to have ever been brought back from extinction and also the only one to go extinct twice
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TIL The Lord of the Rings film series has won 247 awards, and was nominated for a staggering 453.
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TIL The Museum of Endangered Sounds exists to allow streaming of once popular technological sounds. ie. the dial-up tone, ICQ chat tone, Windows 95 startup.
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TIL people occasionally find containers of butter in peat bogs that are hundreds of years old