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TIL The Ginkgo Tree is a hardy variety, so much so that several of them survived the blast at Hiroshima and still exist to this day

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0wErj TIL a million people live in Sakha, the coldest inhabited place on Earth, where the temperature can drop as low as -90 degrees
7wQM TIL that North Korean citizenship is better than Afghan Citizenship for visa free travel.
78yaZ TIL that experts recommend prioritising building resilience in homes and communities against wildfires and smoke over agency strategies suppression strategies (fire retardants and firelines)
GMVQ TIL that the original name for Atlanta, Georgia was Terminus which literally translates to “the end of the line”.
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