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TIL every year, hundreds of people go missing into the American wilderness without a trace, with Oregon’s national parks amongst the highest disappearances.

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b9Y4E TIL Next to the US army, Disney world is the largest buyer and importer of explosives in the USA.
jNv9p TIL of Yaphank, NY, a town where certain plots of land required the owners to be of German descent and hosted many German-American Bund rallies. The property rules existed into the 2000s, when they were finally sued under Fair Housing doctrine.
g6nb TIL the U.S. government has an FBI-led group called the Domestic Surveillance Alliance Council (DSAC), which shares vast streams of personal data with over 200 of the largest corporations in the world, including Citibank, Coca-Cola, and Federal Express.
9Yj0X TIL that Mexico has a Ley Seca (no alcohol) tradition during elections to promote peace and order and holds elections on Sunday allowing the most voters to participate without worry of missing school or work.
r07x TIL in 1986 to bypass Japanese censorship laws on depictions of sexual intercourse Toshio Maeda created “tentacle sex” leading to the large number of works today with tentacles inplace of male genitals.