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The guy who invented the lobotomy got the Nobel prize for it

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TIL that La Rinconada in the Peruvian Andes is the highest human settlement in the world at 5,100 m / 16,700 ft. The gold mines nearby have attracted a population of about 30,000 workers who live in absolute dire conditions with no proper sanitation in this harsh and remote region. It is known as the lawless city of Peru because of the very high crime rate, drug use, prostitution, etc. driven by abject poverty and despair. It is also an environmental disaster with piles of trash everywhere and mercury contamination of the soil and lakes, and a ticking time bomb as the melting glaciers risk wiping out inhabited areas. I’m not a fan of how wasteful Bitcoin PoW mining is, but the human and social cost of gold is appalling on another level https://youtu.be/mJuTM7TJ9J0

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TIL in 1948 the state of Idaho relocated 78 beavers by yeeting them out of an airplane and they all had little parachutes. It’s had a huge impact on the ecosystem and can still be observed to this day.

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TIL only 3.5% of Norway's land is considered arable land. Quite fascinating

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TIL that 75% of Americans pray weekly.

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TIL The literal fuck hat for birds https://www.theawl.com/2017/10/how-literal-fuck-hats-saved-the-peregrine-falcon/

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TIL Apple switched the default system font from Helvetica Neue to something else in 2015

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TIL the man who shot the murderer of Abraham Lincoln had cut off his own balls earlier https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/04/12/the-man-who-killed-john-wilkes-booth/

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TIL It might be possible for naked singularities to exist and we can see inside into a black hole when it collapses. https://youtu.be/vl6gzT1vK5k?si=VRbNB9V-3XPL0t2g

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til: “The phrase "smooth brain" is a play on the term "lissencephaly," a rare brain malformation where the brain lacks the normal folds and wrinkles.”

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Checked 5 times, and I'm still a Decentralist Builder (-9.0, -6.3) TIL: Decentralist Yup that's exactly me 😅

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Carrying a sword. On a horse https://youtu.be/BwZQhxfYh1A?si=OxQdzxpPXZ1WzBbr

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TIL Gochujang SPAM must be great 👍🏻

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TIL; Minarchism

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