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TIL The Indian village of Meghalaya, the wettest place on Earth, has trained branches of rubber trees to create natural bridges over rainy valleys.

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nD1W TIL that when Robin Thicke was 11, Wayne Gretzky was his babysitter and left Thicke alone at the house when he found out he was traded to the L.A. Kings.
x6Emk TIL The deadlist slave revolt in Amerian history was on August 21, 1831, when Nat Turner, believing he was called by God to lead African Americans out of slavery, lead a rebellion that killed between 55 and 65 White people, mostly women and children.
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