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TIL giant rats have been trained to sniff out land mines in Africa. In Mozambique, they have already been instrumental in the removal of 13,000 mines, helping reclaim 1,100 hectares of land

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x4x1 TIL a man with a Liverpool FC tattoo with the club motto “You’ll Never Walk Alone” had his lower leg amputated after an injury in Afghanistan. The surgeon unknowingly cut the tattoo so it read “You’ll Never Walk”.
nlW7 TIL Bath Salts were a huge drug problem in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, but the government kept the problem quiet through control of the state-run media. Bath Salts are called “Jeff” in Russia. (resubmitted with correct link)
4XajX TIL: Action figures have been made as far back as the first century. Romans made clay figurines of gladiators.
wLMM8 TIL an Algerian Muslim saved over 500 Jews and Resistance fighters during WWII by providing false papers stating they were Muslim.
b9op TIL “Backpfeifengesicht” is a German term for a face that badly needs a punch