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rRbG4 TIL so many tools were made from Libyan sandstone in the stone age that it is enough for 84 million Great Pyramids of Giza, ~2 per square km of Africa.
Lk7gp TIL that researchers hypothesize that women were primarily responsible for the ceramics in at least one significant era of ancient Greek history
b61d7 TIL Frederick Forsyth spent six months reporting on the Nigerian Civil War for BBC. He asked to continue covering the war, and BBC refused. So Forsyth quit and covered the war freelance for two years, during which time he claims to have been an MI6 informant.
aZo TIL that the word “oxymoron” is an oxymoron itself. In Greek, it translates to “sharp dull”.
PKdn TIL when Columbian drug lord Pablo Escolar’s home was raided, the military released the dangerous hippos of his personal zoo, not knowing what to do with them. They now thrive in the Columbian rivers. This makes Columbia have the largest wild hippo population outside of Africa.