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TIL that before the arrival of Polynesians, New Zealand was occupied by large flightless birds called the Moa. The largest of these was the South Island Giant Moa which could reach up to nearly 12 feet tall, making them the tallest bird species in history. They only went extinct around 1445.

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D1m8P TIL "Begging the question" does not mean "Raising the question", but is a common logical fallacy, where the premises of an argument already assume the conclusion to be true, for example, "My experience of reality must be true, because what I see, hear, smell, and touch feels so real."
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