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TIL that Colorado does not have only 4 sides, but rather has 697 sides

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ADXY4 TIL about the indigenous Brazilian tribe of the Pirahã, who lost interest in converting to Christianity when they found out the missionary Daniel Everett had never seen Jesus himself.
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