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TIL there's an "ancient druids temple" in England that was actually built 200 years ago as a solution to local unemployment

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KYOEQ TIL about Richard Proenneke, who in 1968 in his 50s moved from the Midwest to AK to live off the land.
e0614 TIL the band DEVO's name comes from the concept of DE-eVOlution; the idea that humanity has begun to regress to a more primitive herd-like mentality and become more dysfunctional.