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TIL the curve of a samurai sword is natural

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9YwRQ TIL that wild turkey were hunted to extinction in New England by about 1850. The turkey were reintroduced to the region by transplant only in the 1970s.
wLXL7 TIL Let it Snow doesn’t say one word about Christmas in its entire song. It was written in the summer by Sammy Cahn, after he was tired of the summer heat.
N7vE8 TIL that ferns yeet their spores. They have a structure called an annulus that responds to humidity. When they dry out they curl backwards, creating tension, and then snap forwards, ejecting the spores in a yeet-like fashion.
N7rle TIL Apollo 10 was under-fueled on purpose, just in case Stafford and Cernan got any cowboy ideas on trying to land on the moon. Nelson said that NASA was concerned they would attempt an unplanned landing, writing they said "Don't give those guys an opportunity to land, 'cause they might!"
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.