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TIL the world's longest burning fire is 6000 years old
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TIL there is a mountain called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu in New Zealand, its name translates to “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one”
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TIL The Toronto Maple Leafs have the longest active Stanley Cup winning streak
rLQo
TIL The world is divided into 6 floral kingdoms. All these kingdoms encompass several countries. South Africa, which has a floral kingdom wholly contained within the country, is the one exception. The Cape Floral Kingdom has 9,600 plant species, 70% of which are not found anywhere else in the world
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TIL the idea of grit made famous by Angela Duckworth's research and book on the subject has subsequently been found to be far weaker than she claimed and just a proxy for conscientiousness.
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TIL That Ancient Egyptians didn't name their cats individually like dogs, instead they were all called by the Ancient Egyptian equivalent of "meow", or "Miu", an onomatopoetic reference to the sound that cats make.