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TIL the Chechen Wars of the 1990's had such a devastating economic effect on Chechnya that kidnapping became the main source of income countrywide, procuring over $200 million USD during a three-year period during the wars.

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9Yo67 TIL about Olympus Mons, the highest mountain in the solar system, which is about 2.5x taller than Everest, is about the size of Poland, and has a mile wide moat around it due to the immense weight pushing down the crust of Mars around it.
dGpr TIL The Beatles “I Want To Hold Your Hand” is often misheard in Japan as “Ahonahōnyōhan”, meaning “Idiotic public urination”.
wopjW TIL Some people are “blind” in their mind - they can’t visualize things in their head
nejvb TIL that tongue twister 'she sells seashells by the seashore' is about a real girl named Mary Anning. She also happened to be one of the very first people to discover a massive dinosaur fossil, which she did at age 12 while looking for seashells to sell by the seashore.
9kyG TIL a Swiss Jeweler created a $68 million ring made entirely out of diamond