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Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse?

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The Rapa Nui, the Waponi Woos.

Easter Island is most well known for its Moai statues, not just stone heads. They've discovered their bodies are buried underground and have known that since the early 1900s. But it's this weird internet thing where every couple of years a stinking article gets shared showing all these archaeologists have dug down and discovered their bodies beneath the earth. That whole boy, it's annoying.

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