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TIL that most work to restore paintings is designed to be removable, so that future conservation efforts can undo any changes

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rRxdM TIL a 1000 year old bronze buckle from East Asia was discovered in Alaska, showing that indigenous people in North America might have been interacting with the Old World earlier than previously thought
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