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TIL “Bows eventually replaced spear-throwers as the predominant means for launching sharp projectiles on all continents except Australia.”

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awPvM TIL of the megatherium, which was a huge prehistoric sloth, which could measure up to 6m in length and weigh up to 4000kg.
9YO1r TIL Johnny Carson Predicted the toilet paper shortage back in 1973
MeQMV TIL that after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, the prime minister of Portugal sent a query to parishes around the country in order to objectively understand what happened. He is now regarded as a forerunner of modern seismological scientists.
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