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TIL that after the Taliban blew up two giant 4th-century Buddha statues, a network of caves were discovered which held ancient Buddhist paintings and another giant Buddha statue. This previously undiscovered statue was 62 ft tall, bigger than the two that were destroyed.

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lmB5 TIL The maned wolf is the largest canid of South America. It looks more like a long-legged fox than a wolf. Genetic studies show that it is neither fox nor true wolf, but a distinct species. It is the only member of its genus, Chrysocyon.
jNAjj TIL Your voice sounds different from what you hear. This is because one can hear a sound in two different ways. The first is through vibrating sound waves hitting your ear drum, the way other people hear your voice. The second way is through vibrations inside your skull, set off by your vocal chords
XVoX TIL The human appendix is no longer considered a vestigial (useless) organ. It plays an important role in your immune and lymphatic systems.
QNR5X TIL that there are many hybrid eating utensils. In addition to the spork, which combines a spoon with a fork, there are the chork (chopsticks + fork), the spife (spoon + knife), and the knork (knife + fork).
JLD8 TIL two species of geckos mated and they birthed a super-athlete female gecko that wouldn’t have sex with the other geckos. Instead she spawned new versions herself who spawned themselves, and now there’s a vigorous, speedy, mutant race of mother geckos cloning daughter geckos.