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TIL that Turkmenistan special forces raided Uzbekistan embassy in 2002, violating Vienna Convention

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KOpBG TIL that 18th century France developed a visual telegraph system. Using a series of towers topped with adjustable beams that would display a message and instructions on the next tower to relay it to, messages could be sent across the country in a mere matter of hours, long before electricity.
5aGk TIL That the man who first entered the stratosphere was the father of the first man to reach the deepest part of the ocean and is the grandfather of the man that is now leading the innovation of completely solar powered planes
7rZlx TIL of the caveman fused into rock. After extracting the bones sticking out from limestone, researchers believe the Neanderthal fell down a sinkhole around 150,000 years ago. The bones gradually became incorporated into the stalactites left behind by water dribbling down the cave walls.
yQmn8 TIL Donald Duck systematically gets a portion of the votes in Finnish elections.
PYYKE TIL the Wizard of Oz Munchkins were drunken sex maniacs