I realized today, it’s been a minute since I head the “glass is actually a very slow moving liquid” myth from someone. Just wondering if there’s been anything else like this since you were a kid.

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      3 days ago

      Huh, I didn’t know that the dodo was not hunted to extinction. Apparently the meat was considered tasteless and inedible. They died out due to invasive species hunting their eggs.

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      I usually don’t make it to the bottom of the list, getting lost reading other linked articles on the way

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      After looking at the list, I get the feeling that most stories if historical intrigue are PT Barnum style hoaxes. Life is much more boring than we were led to believe.