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TIL about the European Green Belt, an area stretching from Finland to Albania that has a unique ecological wildlife due limited human involvement as it also was the iron curtain border for 50 years.

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KOV7G TIL about ATLAS-I, aka Trestle, the world's largest structure made entirely of wood, glue laminate, wooden bolts/nuts and sufficient to support a fully loaded B-52 bomber (for elevated EMP testing) 1,000 ft long, 125 ft (about 12 stories) tall, and constructed of 6.5 million board-feet of lumber.
0xYy TIL In 1869 an atheist built a 10-foot tall petrified man statue and buried it in Cardiff, New York, to sucker Christians into thinking it was a long lost Biblical giant. They paid to view. He got rich.
neOv9 TIL Max Yasgur, whose farm held the infamous 1969 Woodstock concert, was a Vietnam War-supporting Conservative Republican. Nonetheless, he saw the concert as a way to close the generation gap, as well as subsidize the cost of purchasing hay for his dairy farm.
pYWxO TIL Alpacas Need To Be Shorn Once A Year And It’s Very Satisfying To Watch!
v1vkB TIL that Maple trees aren’t the only trees tapped for syrup. The sap from Pine, Birch and Black Walnut trees also produce edible syrup.