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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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ZpY9B TIL Over 900,000 earthquakes occur worldwide each year.
1ago7 TIL Stethoscope was invented when a 'gentleman' French doctor got too embarrassed to check the heartbeat of a female patient by tapping at her chest. So, he rolled up a sheet of paper to create a tube, and then placed it on her chest. The method worked, and stethoscope was invented.
wL417 TIL Cincinnati was known as Porkopolis due to its being a center of the pork industry in the 19th century.
D1JXV TIL ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered that trees use underground fungi networks to communicate and share resources, uprooting the idea that nature constantly competes for survival.
40d6 TIL of Texas inmate Jerry Hartfield who has been imprisoned for 35 years, even though his conviction was overturned in 1980. He has never been retried in that time.