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TIL Archaeologists are able to follow Lewis and Clarks trail across America by looking for their Mercury laden poop.

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b69QE TIL that in Finland, knitting is part of the school curriculum.
8apRP TIL that beavers hate the sound of running water so much that they will build dams around speakers that are playing the sound of water running over rocks.
nWXdP TIL of Alex Steinweiss who invented music album cover art
O7oe TIL that there was a breed of dog called a “Turnspit Dog”. It was placed into a large wheel like a hamster or gerbil wheel. The wheel drove a belt connected to a turn-spit in a fireplace to rotate the meat on the turn spit. This breed is now extinct.
a8wA TIL that in 1994, when the Northridge earthquake knocked out the power in LA, people contacted authorities and observatories wondering what the strange bright lights (stars) in the sky were.