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TIL that in 2009, a billboard in Odessa, Ukraine crashed in the fog, making it look like the sky was showing an error message

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awGPL TIL that after their victory at the Battle of Marathon, the Greeks carved a statue of Nemesis (the goddess who punishes the arrogant) out of an enormous block of marble that the Persians had brought to the battle with the intention of carving a monument to their victory over the Greeks.
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