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TIL that Nebraska used to be home to rhinoceros, camels, and saber-tooth deer.

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5VwL8 TIL: The term "pathetic fallacy" (meaning the personification of nature) was not created as an insult. Coined in 1856, at the time "pathetic" meant "of emotion" and "fallacy" meant "falseness". The intended meaning was thus "emotional falseness", i.e emotions creating false perceptions.
8nYV TIL China’s Great Wall was first built by China’s shortest dynasty, Qin, which lasted only 15 years. The Qin Emperor built the Terracotta Army for his tomb and buried workers alive to keep it secret. He died from drinking mercury, which he believed was an elixir of immortality.
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