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TIL Przewalski's Horses once thought to be the only true wild Horses never to be domesticated, are actually descended from domesticated Horses that were feralized thousands of years ago

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pwdA TIL that those seeds for your Chia pet are not only edible, but incredibly healthy
dkVQ TIL that if something is “hot as balls,” it’s about 93 degrees fahrenheit.
1ldW TIL that close to 1800 studies have been conducted over the last 20 years to see the effects of public opinion on policies. The study showed that American public opinion has 0 to negligible effect on policies. But corporate donor effect had a direct correlation to policies.
v1abK TIL sunglasses made of smoky quartz were used in 12th century China not to protect from the sun’s rays, but to be used in courts to hide judges facial expressions
4X6Lb Around 74,000 years ago, the Toba supervolcano erupted on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was the biggest volcanic eruption of the last 2 million years, unleashing 2,800 cubic kilometres of magma. That’s enough to bury the entire United States in a foot-thick layer of ash & rock.