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TIL that the aluminum “gear” recently found in a 300 Million yr old piece of Russian coal is not the first ancient artifact of the type discovered.

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OGX6 TIL that the Inuit traditionally carved snow goggles from caribou antlers to protect their eyes from excessive UV exposure
98pM TIL that the “Keep Calm and Carry On” WWII propaganda poster was only intended to be used in the event of a Nazi occupation of the UK, should England have lost the Battle of Britain; a “last case scenario”.
paPZ TIL there’s a website that catalogs people with different accents reading the same story in English… and you can access them for free!
Yp1Av TIL that love hotels, while common in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, are rare in the United States.
XEPNk TIL that the Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain, is the largest wooden structure in the world