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TIL of the Disappointment Islands in French Polynesia, so named by a British explorer in 1765 because of hostile natives, they are arid and lacking in water, and nowadays most of the islands are uninhabited

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VMrDB TIL that in the Middle Ages it was believed that lion cubs were born dead and their father resurrected them with his breath after three days.
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gME69 Today I learned that in 2014 the US finished it’s largest dam removal in history on the Elwha river in Washington state. The once dammed reservoir of over 100 years, now flows freely and is once again booming with salmon, birds, moose, and even new beaches being formed by sediment!
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