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TIL that the Navajo Reservation was under a 43 year development ban until 2009 - preventing things like fixing roofs, building houses, and installing gas and water lines.

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X0gkX TIL that To reduce eye strain, you should look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes.
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99ZQ TIL of the Nedelin catastrophe - a Soviet ICBM launch that went wrong, killing 78 (or more) people, who could not escape the explosion and burning fuel. It was suppressed by the government until 1989. Graphic video in comments
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