trivia tuesday at the whimsey project! our day to share all the trivia; experiential or factual. bring on your trivial!
the takahe. a large, flightless bird native to new zealand. it was thought extinct until 1948 when it was rediscovered by geoffrey orbell. just one of the amazing tidbits read in a short history of nearly everything by bill bryson!
.02 acre--the size of the America's smallest National 'Park' located in Philadelphia. Actually, it's a building, the former residence of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Pole who fought in the Revolutionary War.
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absolutely cool trivia!
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