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TIL there were uncontacted aboriginees living in Australia up until the 1980s with no knowledge of clothing or sugar

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yV8Vl TIL The perfect glob of toothpaste on the boxes is called a nurdle, and companies have sued each other over nurdle usage.
jNy1a TIL scientists have found a way to make a mini dam. They can harvest the mechanical energy from the falling rain, and they convert it into electrical energy.
Jwnl TIL that a dog named ‘Fido’ returned to a bus stop in Italy over 5,000 times (over 14 years) to wait for his deceased master to get off the bus, even during “violent allied bombardment” of the area and then eventually died waiting at the bus stop..
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