The Mysterious Crimes of the North Pond Hermit

Where He Was Living

For his outdoor shelter, he would also take tarps, blankets, and old outerwear from the homes in order to stay warm and dry. After a while, he ended up taking some books to read while he was out there. There’s not much to do in the deep woods!

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The More You Know

  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
  • The woolly mammoth survived until Egyptian times.
  • The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated the same year Nintendo was founded.
  • There are around 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. If you took them all out and laid them end to end, they’d stretch around the world more than twice.
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