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TIL - A family has been carving a 64 story Crazy Horse memorial out of a South Dakota mountain for 70 years

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Zp4PG TIL that in ancient Greece, Pythagoreans, followers of Pythagoras's teachings, hated the number 17 because it separates 16 and 18, which uniquely form quadrilaterals with areas equal to their perimeters.
VBKbQ TIL a 2020 study found evidence that arrows fired from medieval longbows could cause injuries similar to modern gunshot wounds. One example is the analysis of a skull that revealed an arrow had left devastating entry and exit wounds that are similar to injuries caused by modern bullets.
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