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TIL of Чадоград, a "city" where everything is run by kids. Each visiting kid is given training by "doctors", can learn how to operate a plane, learn journalism, and even driving lessons. Also exists a "bank" among other buildings to prepare kids for the real world.

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epd0b TIL there is a common misperception that a landmine is armed by stepping on it and only triggered by stepping off, providing tension in movies. In fact the initial pressure trigger will detonate the mine immediately.
E1GRo TIL "bully insurance" is offered by companies in France and Japan to cover property damaged or stolen by other children, broken bones and shattered eyeglasses.
PYogV TIL in 2018 an Oregon man stole a car in front of deputies and led them on a 40-mile chase. When he got arrested, he explained that he had taken LSD and thought he was living a real-life version of Grand Theft Auto.
7rZPO TIL, during the Norway 2011 shootings, an innocent teenager originally from Chechnya, Russia, was arrested and interrogated as a suspect because he did not react with the same level of tears and hysteria as the other survivors.
QNVa9 TIL that in 2018 a woman killed parents, took own life over eczema treatment