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TIL there is an island in the Indian Ocean that is illegal to visit due to a native tribe that kills visitors

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grENA TIL that the oldest surviving creation myth (the Sumerian Eridu Genesis) written in 1600 BCE tells of a massive flood. There is also archaeological evidence that a ‘continuity disrupting’ flood occurred at around 2900 BCE.
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