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TIL the fear of palindromes is aibohphobia

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yV5gV TIL : Crayfish burrows are made in lawns, called "Mud Chimneys"
Y7GkA TIL that Elizabeth Johnson, one of the women accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials, was only officially exonorated in 2022
a8gBA TIL the Buddhas of Bamiyan were built in 570 and 618 CE and were a holy site for buddhas along the Silk Road. They were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
vPj18 TIL that the term "Plasma" was used in biology before the state of matter was discovered
dDQmZ TIL dragonflies may migrate 2,000 km across the Indian Ocean, with 15-40% success depending on seasonal winds, per a Lund University study.