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TIL of a cookie coffee cup insulated to drink coffee and eat the cup after

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WneX TIL that the Bermuda Land Snail was thought to have gone extinct in the 70s. In 2014, many were rediscovered in a Hamilton city alleyway. The snails had colonized the alley early on and the surrounding city shielded them from the threats that wiped out the rest of the species.
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Or1a TIL that Lincoln had depression for most of his life and often contemplated suicide.