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TIL that the Philippines' ancient script is called Baybayin.

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nv8b TIL The majority of creepy metallic noises in sci-fi or horror movies are made by an instrument called a Waterphone. - [1:00]
ADLa4 TIL In addition to being the second largest country on earth, Canada’s coastline is the longest in the world. At 243,042 km, it is over four times longer than the number two country (Indonesia), and six times longer than the earth’s circumference.
P1l9E TIL A cypress knee is a distinctive structure forming above the roots of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamily Taxodioideae, like the bald cypress. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen on trees growing in standing water
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