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TIL that Paraguay has been an independent country since 1811, over 200 years ago.

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GVwE TIL there’s a word for the smell of earth after rain… ‘Petrichor’
5Wgk TIL that the Amazon River spews so much fresh water into the Atlantic that surface water can be drinkable up to 200 miles from shore
Z8Vya TIL that Henry Darger, a hospital custodian, wrote The Story of the Vivian Girls, a 15,000 page novel with hundreds of watercolor illustrations. He never showed it to anyone, and it was only found when he died.
a8v8A TIL Scientists breed goats that produce spider silk
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