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TIL that since 1986, a grassroots group called Border Angels has been leaving bottled water in desert canyons to help migrants survive, even as the U.S. militarizes its border

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k8Xd TIL a man died while shooting a saguaro cactus with a shotgun when a 4 foot long arm he shot off fell on top of him.
b9BOj TIL that the 1972 Novel “The Day of the Jackal” showcased an easy method of obtaining a fraudulent British passport, which was later used by the IRA and the KGB. This loophole went unclosed until 2007, and may have resulted in up to 1,500 fake passports being issued each year.
9ypQ TIL: During WW2 Mariya Oktyabrskaya sold all her stuff so she could personally buy a tank and kill Nazis. And she did.
Lk5n9 TIL in 2001-2002, Afghan children mistook unexploded US cluster bombs for food packages because of their similar shape and yellow packaging. Several children were maimed and even killed as a result.
WLkN TIL that a candle’s flame burns millions of nano-diamonds every second