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TIL only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still exists

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D1mdV TIL - Pterodactyls were not dinosaurs, they were just flying reptiles that hung out with dinos
AL7o TIL there are 5 enormous cylindrical shafts underneath of Tokyo, Japan which fill with water in case of a flood so it does not to destroy the city.
R5jlw TIL a species of frog in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear plant has changed colour from green to black
vxKK TIL Voltaire never wrote “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” - Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote the famous sentence in Friends of Voltiere in 1906
d8vZ7 A wheel of parmesan cheese can cost over $1,000. A single wheel takes at least one year to age, 131 gallons of milk to make, and it can only be made in a restricted area in northern Italy, in the region of Emilia Romagna.