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TIL it’s not a grain of sand that creates a pearl in an oyster, but rather a parasite

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OoaR4 TIL Mount Rushmore was originally supposed to depict each president from head to waist, but lack of funding forced construction to end early
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QJJNa TIL that society collapsed on Easter Island largely due to deforestation. One of the main reasons for this was that the trees were logged to move the giant Moai figures into position.
xVJrD TIL about Pfeilstörche, storks who appeared in Europe with arrows stuck in their bodies. The arrows were from African hunters, providing proof of migration.
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