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TIL there is a Iron Pillar in Delhi that has avoided rusting for 1600 years. The pillar has been called a testament to the skill of ancient Indian blacksmiths".

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M5e7 TIL when Plato defined humans as “featherless bipeds”, Diogenes brought a plucked chicken into Plato’s classroom, saying “Behold! I’ve brought you a man!”. After the incident, Plato added “with broad flat nails” to his definition.
Wknw9 TIL The Original Rudolph & Santa Puppets from 1964 were sold at auction for $368K to an anonymous bidder who subsequently donated them to the Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts Museum
4XjK6 TIL Indigenous Australians were the first people to bake bread. Around 15,000 years earlier than Egyptians
yQxDw TIL of the "California Nut Crimes", including the theft of 35 truckloads of nuts worth about $10 million between 2013 - 2017.
GALEG TIL before the reintroduction of the horse to North America indigenous people of the great plains would use dog pulled travois to transport goods