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TIL “Natural History” by Pliny the Elder is the largest single surviving work from the Roman Empire. It is also the only work by Pliny to have survived into the modern day.

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u/Street-Strike-7121 — 8 days ago

TIL In Histories, Herodotus wrote about giant gold-digging ants in India. It is believed to be the result of a translation error confusing “marmot” and “mountain ant” in old Persian.

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u/Street-Strike-7121 — 10 days ago