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TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace.

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loBJa TIL there were ethnic German villages in Turkey until the last villager died in 1999
olk8 TIL of the 1850’s Raising of Chicago. Buildings and whole streets were raised nearly 2 meters with screw jacks to allow the installation of a sewage system.
DQ11V TIL about a town in Western Australia call Wittenoom that was so contaminated with asbestos that 80% of the population died and the whole town was declared a contaminated site. Only one resident still lives there
P1QxV TIL Kansas City, the city whose NFL team just won the Superbowl, isn't even located in the state of Kansas but the capital of Missouri instead.
WN1A TIL that in the early 90’s, a younger Bill Nye appeared on the Seattle sketch show “Almost Live” and corrected the host’s pronunciation of gigawatt. (It’s not jigowatt.) The host replied, “Who do you think you are—Bill Nye the Science Guy?” The nickname stuck.