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TIL that medieval forests near inhabited areas were actually more managed then most forests today and functioned more like semi-wild gardens.

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yVoml TIL that when writing in the Hanunó'o script, used for an indigenous language in the Philippines, right-handed and left-handed people often write texts that are mirror images of each other, both in letter orientation and writing direction.
vg6L TIL that in 1976, a Soviet pilot defected to Japan in his advanced MiG-25 fighter, which Russia demanded be returned. Japan complied, but only after allowing American engineers to examine the aircraft. Japan then shipped it back piece by piece, and billed Russia $40,000 in transport and labor costs.
6X7J TIL that someone in Utah made a full scale real life version of the house from the Pixar’s movie ‘Up’
9YYeG A dermatologist investigates
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