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TIL: Why The USA doesn’t dip its flag at the Olympics and its all thanks to an Irish American.

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xVOwk TIL about Easter Island. They had a highly developed civilization for about 600 years, but neglected the environmental effect of their lifestyle and ended in catastrophe. They could not escape the island anymore, because every single tree had been cut. A tragic story, but a good lesson to us all.
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