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TIL Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of bongs made of pure gold that date back to 2,400 years ago.

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gMLEb TIL That in order to build the Itaipu Dam on the border of Paraguay and Brazil, one of the largest waterfalls by volume, the Guaíra Falls, were redirected to form the artificial lake for the dam. 18 waterfalls in 7 groups with a volume of 1.75 million cubic feet per second disappeared overnight.
GYwLN TIL Fighting is allowed in Hockey
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XEXlk TIL that some people can see into the ultraviolet part of the spectrum when they have their lens removed from cataracts (called aphakia), and that UV color is described as a pale whitish-blue. This is why Claude Monet, who became aphakic, began painting w/ more blue post-surgery! Weird!!
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