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TIL that life in Puritan New England was so hard that children who were abducted by Native Americans often refused to come back

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awkby TIL of an African pink flamingo that escaped a Kansas zoo who’s been living freely for 14 years
rRbQy TIL that Manhattan was bought by the Dutch for about $24 dollars
YpyOv Today I learned that this seemingly-simple piece of art sold for $66,000,000.00.
yjQp TIL that in 1963, Australian authorities were alerted to an infestation of Marijuana plants growing in the Hunter Valley region. At its peak it spanned 30 square kilometers. It took 9 years to eradicate. People would walk in and out of the infestation, take weed and leave.
DJRY TIL that in weight loss, ~84 percent of the fat that is lost turns into carbon dioxide and leaves the body through the lungs