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TIL that Somaliland, a successful de facto state with a democratic government, rebuilt itself without the help of foreign aid

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x6jK7 TIL that Hockey rinks used to only have one shared penalty box, and players would often continue to fight in the penalty box.
5rNp TIL Eminem is a huge fan of Donkey Kong, and owns two Donkey Kong machines autographed by engineer Steve Wiebe. His hiscore of 465,800 ranks him among the 30 best players of all time.
5YQR9 TIL that the International Astronomical Union names all mountains on Saturn's moon Titan after mountains and characters from J. R. R. Tolkien's works
M7oG0 TIL In Barahona, Dominican Republic, there’s a “Magnetic Pole” phenomenom that a car put in neutral will be seen rolling UP a hill instead of down. This happens due to a gravity hill optical illusion.
nWj89 TIL it's impossible for a human to drown in quicksand because the human body is less dense than sand. The deepest a person can sink is to their waist