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TIL that the Russian Army started wearing socks this year.

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epmak TIL Due to consistent rock falls, Reunion Island (Fr) has created the most expensive road in the World. It has been valued at 1.6 billion euros for 12.5 km. That is 133 million Euros per kilometer. The ring road is built in the ocean to avoid the rocks.
kJ6rd TIL during pregnancy, if the mother experiences damage to one or more organs, stem cells from the developing fetus can be sent to aid in the repair of said damage...
Lmjr TIL On May 25th, 2015 a man discovered an orphaned baby moose in Yellowstone National Park in Montana. When he reported the calf to local authorities they shot the baby and blew up the carcasses of it, it’s dead mother and sibling to prevent grizzly bears from being drawn to the area.
ZQGD TIL There was a clan of blue-skinned people in the Kentucky mountains
WkPQL TIL that the singer who sang “Let it snow” (Dean Martin) died on Christmas Day, exactly 1 hour in difference than when his mother died also on Christmas Day a few years before his death