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TIL Thor Heyerdahl traveled over 4000 miles across the Pacific Ocean in a wooden raft to demonstrate his theory that Polynesians came from South America

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b6QB0 TIL the Mount Fuji sign is seen on cross-sectional imaging and is indicative of a tension pneumocephalus.
G865 TIL of the International Dark Sky Association, an organization dedicated to fighting light pollution and preserving the night sky in areas around the planet called dark sky reserves.
LknGd Til A man was stabbed in Disney land, and Disney land didn’t call the medical assistance because it would “ruin the magic”.
O07Y TIL that the Goosebumps series was originally meant for girls.
KObXw TIL that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch contains around 80 million kg of floating plastic debris of various size and shape, principally made of Polyethylene and Polypropylene, accumulated in an area 3 times the size of continental France.