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TIL Mayans exist today. They will be celebrating a new era on Dec 21st, not the end of the World.

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O6Vg TIL that despite being a symbol for post-modern Anarchism, Guy Fawkes was a devout Catholic who sought to install a Catholic monarchy in England and the Netherlands.
j6dBM TIL that woodsman Francis Wharton made dentures from a dead deer, and then ate the deer with its own teeth
MKLa TIL That in year 1054 A.C there was an explosion in the sky so bright, that it was visible even during the day for 23 days straight
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