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TIL the U.S. has nearly double the unemployment rate of Mexico

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41bJ TIL that the Gobekli Tepe, which predates Stonehenge by over 6,000 years, is a large monument built in the middle of nowhere. It predates the invention of known tools, cities/communities, and the written word.
neB6o TIL about Homegrown National Park, an effort to plant all unpaved and unfarmed land in America, from window boxes to yards, with native plants to support the entire food chain.
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