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TIL Groundwater wells in old times were dug by pick and shovel until the digger couldn't bail anymore

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AD0Al TIL that the US army built a 86 tons tank with a max speed of 13 km/h and managed to lose it for 27 years before finding it in a field. No one knows where it was during this time.
VjJk TIL indigenous peoples in Mexico and California use base-8 number systems because they count using the spaces between their fingers rather than the fingers themselves.
A5Kd TIL There is a terrarium, or sealed ecosystem that is 50 years old and thriving.
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