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TIL that it can take as little as 3.5% of a population participating in peaceful protest to make policy changes.

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DrJV TIL after a bloody war with Ethiopia in 2001, half of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki’s Cabinet signed a letter asking him to reconsider his authoritarian style of government. He promptly charged his own ministers with treason and threw them in jail, where they remain today.
JYWrB TIL about the Kessler Syndrome: as more debris is sent up into orbit, more collisions occur that creates more debris leading a cascade of dangerous space debris that could trap us on this planet forever.
rRrj1 TIL that some dogs won't eat food while their owners are away due to separation anxiety
M7X67 TIL using ultrasound technology, scientists can actually use whale songs to map out the ocean floor.
dDNQ7 TIL that sailors call the Suez Canal, the "Marlboro Canal", because of having to hand out crates of Marlboro to Egyptian pilots and authorities as an extortion fee.