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TIL scientists recreated the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy by 3D-printing his vocal tract.

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DQmwp TIL the Giant Anteater is the most endangered mammal in Central America. They are the closest living relative to the sloth. Both anteaters and sloths are descendants of Megatherium, a 20 foot long ground sloth weighing 8000lbs
8eMxL TIL that a school teacher once won a free trip to outer space but the rocketship blew up and everyone died
7dQx TIL Australia’s 17th Prime Minister Harold Holt went for a swim at beach and was never seen again
7noZ TIL people sell positive pregnancy tests on Craig’s list
R7mp9 TIL In 1970s, before Studio Ghibli had been founded, Miyazaki wanted to make an animated version of Pippi Longstocking. He showed her many images but the author flatly refused. Miyazaki did end up using his material to create Panda! Go, Panda! (link to images of Pippi's preproduction in comments)