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TIL Camels originated in North America and crossed the Bering land bridge to Asia.

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J1Ddk TIL that the Great Indian Bustard was a prime candidate for the National bird of India, but was sidelined due to fear of misspelling it as the Great Indian Bastard!
m1E0O TIL: The Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice, Italy is a bookstore that has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats, including a full size gondola, it also has a fire escape that exits directly into a canal.
lpZG TIL that due to name confusion, staff at Slovakia and Slovenia meet once a month to exchange wrongly addressed mail
5Vro9 TIL opium was routinely given to infants from ancient times up until the early 1900's.
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