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Today I learned there is a tortoise named Johnathan that is at least 188 years old and still doing well

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N7VnJ TIL that Condom Cathedral is a Catholic church and former cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter, and a national monument of France, located in Condom, Gers. It was formerly the seat of the Bishops of Condom.
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PYyve TIL The Inca did not have a written language but they did store and transfer information via a system of knots in rope that is still being decoded
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8aAWG TIL that the fingerprints of slaves still exist in bricks that the slaves made over 200 years ago