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TIL that if California was a separate nation it would have the 8th largest economy in the world. In 1999 it would have ranked 6th.

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E1rY7 TIL An group of archaeologists have found trousers—worn between 3K and 3.3K yrs ago—in a tomb in W China. The trousers were invented for horse riding by Chinese pastoralists and are the oldest known examples of this kind of apparel. The trousers are formed from three separately woven pieces.
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