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x6Nnk TIL about the Nichoria bone. A fossilized thigh bone belonging to an immense extinct mammal and found by the ancient Greeks. Believing the bone belonged to a giant, the Greeks venerated it. Thought to be long lost, it was rediscovered in Duluth, Minnesota.
69WmZ TIL about the ‘Yakhchal’ which is an ancient structure used to produce, harvest, and store ice.
W7oWX TIL Astronomers have observed sunspots, or starspots, on other stars. A study tracked 56 starspots from a sample of more than 5,000 Sun-like stars
pYdQQ TIL that Apple stopped making IPods in 2022
awxnL TIL the creators of Curious George fled Paris on homemade bicycles just hours before Hitler's army invaded during WWII. The Reys decided they wanted to bring several in-the-works manuscripts with them and managed to pack five in their meager belongings. One of them was the first Curious George book