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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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The Falcon Poop - A New Mineral Found in the Earth

In 20 16, a new mineral called ten late was described and accepted into the international mineral associations list of official minerals. It forms when a european kestral, which is a type of falcon, poops near a burning coal fire,. Ahem, so the the bird poop gets heated by the fire, and the gas from the burning coal reacts with the uric acid in the falcon feces to create this new compound that fits the definition of a mineral.

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