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TIL Some animals in Yosemite still carry the Black Plague

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VBXdm TIL Dragon based Welsh flag of the country Wales only officially recognised as recently as 1959.
gymD TIL popcorn kernels that don’t pop are called “old maids” because they lack the necessary moisture to pop
p80AZ TIL that the Shroud of Turin (allegedly Jesus Christ’s burial shroud) may have been created using a lost form of medieval photography
6B9X TIL Ted Nugent pissed and shitted his own pants to avoid the draft.
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