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TIL warming temperatures are making WWI military sites high up in the Alps accessible again, revealing relics and bodies from the “White War.”

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gr8MA TIL The more irritated the llama is, the further back into each of the three stomach compartments it will try to draw materials from for its spit.
AD8mB TIL there are “ghost islands” off the coast of Virginia that have been uninhabitable since 1936 as they act as a natural barrier to the coast during hurricane season. They are home to a feral horse population, a NASA flight facility, and the second tallest lighthouse in the United States.
OoD0X TIL Isdal Woman Mystery: In November 1970, the badly burnt body of a woman was found in a remote spot in Norway's Isdalen valley. Someone had cut the labels off her clothes, and scraped distinctive marks off her belongings. Police uncovered a trail of coded messages, disguises, and fake identities
l4B7 TIL A Welsh man has gone broke trying to defend himself again PETA, who are suing him for the copyright of a selfie taken by a Macaque in Indonesia. I just…I don’t have words.
og7r TIL Lyudmila Pavlyuchenko is regarded as the most successful female sniper in history, credited with 309 kills during WWII