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TIL there is a confederate Mount Rushmore in Georgia

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69bb8 TIL about foxfire, the bioluminescent glow from fungus in decaying trees. It is also called fairy fire.
AD6l TIL a 5 year old girl cut the ribbon at a bridge opening. 88 years later, she headed the ceremony to close it!
NXbQb TIL about Neutron stars, pulsars, and magnetar. And Interesting fact is that if Neutron collides with earth, then life on earth would probably perish well before the planet is destroyed - a NS is a strong source of X and soft gamma rays, that will sterilize the planet well before it reaches surface.
B9yK TIL it was assumed Amelia Earhart died 80 years ago(July 2, 1937) after crashing her plane in an attempt to fly around the globe and her remains were lost to deep waters.Due to a skeleton found on an island, an aircraft recovery group now believes she may have lived months as a castaway
awV0M TIL that in Sweden you have a constitutional right to allemansrätten, which is the right to peacefully hike, camp, bike and enjoy nature anywhere in the country unimpeded, with the only restriction being very close to someone's house or if you mess up a garden.