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TIL Commercial drones and controllers emits its location unencrypted which is why police can easily locate them.

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16r58 TIL that the popular Chinese dating game show If You Are The One, was looked upon unfavorably by Chinese authorities for spreading the 'wrong values' and 'advocating materialism'.
eXaL TIL the United Arab Emirates seriously consider building an artificial mountain to change the climate
KOrma TIL of 2020 CD3, a near-earth asteroid and temporary satellite of earth expected to break free in May 2020
GAopE TIL about Cerro Rico, or 'Rich Mountain', in Bolivia which has been an active silver mine for nearly 500 years. Workers there have a life expectancy of about 40 years due to dust inhalation and mercury poisoning.
O186 TIL of Cliff Curtis, a Maori from New Zealand who has played just about every ethnicity Hollywood has thrown his was including an Arab in Three Kings, a Chicano gangster in Training Day, Pablo Escobar in Blow, and the Lord of the Fire Nation in the Last Airbender.