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TIL That There Is A Type of Algae Called "Diatoms" That Live In Glass-Like Structures Made of Silica

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kOmr1 TIL there were over 1 million native French speakers in Louisiana in 1968; today Louisiana French is considered an endangered language.
gpO7 TIL that an Australian man searching for a toilet stumbled across the oldest-known evidence of Aboriginal settlement in existence from 49,000 years ago
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