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TIL The U.S.S. Constitution maintains about 10 to 20 percent of its original wood, including the lower futtocks, keel and the deadwood at the stem and stern.

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9wNPM TIL that the discovery of viruses started from a mysterious disease that affected tobacco crops in the Netherlands at the end of 1800s. A Dutch microbiologist named Beijerinck proved that filtrated sap from plants was still infectious, and called it "contagious, living fluid".
K1Dw TIL that the Scottish Highlands and the Appalachians are the same mountain range.
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