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TIL that lakes are formed by glaciers, volcanoes, rockslides, beavers, and people.

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l5rr TIL there is a copy of The Mona Lisa that is believed to have been created at the same time as da Vinci’s. Known as the Prado Mona Lisa, it is far better preserved and gives a better understanding of how the original might have appeared.
yyAJ TIL Marilyn Manson wrote an article in 1999 after the Columbine shooting and blamed the media for making the murderers ‘celebrities’
KYG84 TIL that Tornadoes in the Southern Hemisphere rotate clockwise, while tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate counterclockwise.
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