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TIL Colorado was once home to giant redwood trees.

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PY0Xe TIL During the Korean War, after failing to weaken the Chinese forces through attrition, the United States carried out the most concentrated bombing campaign in history which killed over 20% of North Korea's population and thoroughly wiped out "every city, down, village" in the country.
xVRkw Today I learned that after gaining independence from France, Haiti was later forced to pay reparations to former slave owners
d8DL7 TIL of the tongue-eating louse. A parasite with detaches a fish's tongue and becomes a new, functional tongue. This is the only parasite known to replace a host organ.
JeN8 TIL despite containing components from a 19th century fireplace mantel, Brian May’s homemade electric guitar, the “Red Special”, has only needed a single major restoration since its construction in 1963 (mostly for cosmetic work). May continues to use it as his primary guitar for live performances.
a5lM TIL that the same Russian man that created the instrument called the theremin, also created a listening device in 1945 that hung embedded inside a wooden plaque in the US embassy for seven years. It was called “The Thing”