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TIL Late Empire of China banned Mining because of the traditional cosmological beliefs which regarded the land as a sacred legacy. This ban was lifted in 19th century in order to oppose European and American colonial imperialism and invasion

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e0pJD TIL Russian Spetsnaz forces used an aerosolized fentanyl derivative to incapacitate Chechen separatists in the Moscow Theatre Hostage Crisis of 2002. About 130 of the 850 total hostages died partly due to the Russian government refusing to tell doctors what the chemical agent was.
gMkDW TIL that instead of saying "once upon a time," Korean fantasies usually begin with "back when tigers used to smoke".
BrY5r TIl Afghanistan's second largest city, Kandahar, was founded by Alexander the Great
VOXB TIL a fitness trainer intentionally gained over 70 pounds to better understand the plight of his overweight clients. Then lost it all again six months later.
VB14 TIL that there is a massive monument in Georgia (US), which gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild a “better” society after an unknown apocalyptic event, whilst also well as functioning as a compass, calendar and clock.