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TIL that one of the oldest and most massive organisms, Pando, is dying.

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8J1G TIL that there’s a movement in Belgium aimed at splitting the country into French speakers and Dutch speakers. Belgium would then be dissolved and the respective groups would merge with France and the Netherlands.
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