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TIL it costs $2-3 million + to build a mile of road

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vPVy8 TIL that Coconut Palms are not native to the Caribbean, they were introduced by European explorers to the region
vv1K TIL that Morocco is the United State’s longest continual ally and first country to recognize the United States as an independent country.
nW6g7 TIL not all parts of a spider web are sticky. Only the silk used for the intricate catching spirals are dotted with glue, so spiders know which areas to avoid
OGlZ4 TIL Romans organized many expeditions in subsaharan Africa, western expeditions, which crossed the Sahara desert, reached as far south as modern Nigeria while eastern expeditions, which followed the Nile upstream in search of its source, went as far south as Uganda and likely reached Lake Victoria
P1PPL TIL that Humans shed around 200 million skin cells each hour. The epidermis (the top layer of the skin) is continuously working to replace these lost skin cells with new ones.