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TIL That modern north american earth worms are not native and were brought over by english colonist.

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epwBE TIL that penguin colonies can be discovered and tracked from space by observing the droppings they leave on the ground
nWo69 TIL the phrase "till death do us apart" originated when human life expectancy was about 43 years
KOl56 TIL that Cards Against Humanity joked about how they could have bought a small private island with the money they donated to charity. So in 2014 they did, renaming it “Hawaii 2”
WnOY TIL 11 African countries are building a Great Green Wall of trees across the Sahara.
rN9ax TIL not all wine is vegan. This is because of the 'fining' process which traditionally used casein (a milk protein), albumin (egg whites), gelatin (animal protein) and isinglass (fish bladder protein).