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TIL The African Lungfish has the ability to survive outside of water for up to a year.

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1em7 TIL of the Emeryville Shellmound, an Ohlone Indian burial site and village occupied from at least 2800 years ago to 400 years ago, which now is contaminated with early industrial waste and paved over with a shopping mall and an Ikea.
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