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TIL Göbekli Tepe: The oldest discovered temple in the world. Located in the Germus mountains of southeastern Anatolia, this property features monumental round-oval and rectangular megalithic structures built by hunter-gatherers during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period between 9,600 and 8,200 BC.

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QP1L TIL that a gold $20 coin deflected a bullet that saved Lt. George Dixon’s life, and forever more became his lucky coin. The coin was found 137 years later in the sunken wreckage of the Confederate submarine, H.L. Hunley
4kEDR Today I Learned that a feller buncher is a type of harvesting machine used in logging. “Feller” is someone who cuts down trees, and “bunching” is the skidding and assembly of two or more trees. A feller buncher is a motorized vehicle with an attachment that performs both of these functions.
N7RQ8 TIL about the jabuticaba tree, the Brazilian grape tree, it is unusual as the berries grow directly on the trunk. They are so popular in some Brazilian states the sidewalk is actually stained purple from their discarded skins of the fruit.
rNABd TIL about Goldbach's conjecture, one of the oldest and best-known unsolved problems in mathematics. It states that every even natural number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers. The conjecture remains unproven despite considerable effort.
YpPDv TIL That the South Park episode 'Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery' served as the world premiere of their song 'Falling Away From Me' which went on to become one of the band's most popular songs ever.