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TIL about the shrike, also called the "butcher bird" due to its eating habits!

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XwWQ TIL ‘The Earth Pyramid Project’, is a project that plans to erect a pyramid in an as-yet-undecided location. It will hold contributions from every government, indigenous peoples, and all the world’s children in chambers within the structure. Then the Pyramid will be sealed for 1000 years.
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