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TIL NASA mapping satellites discovered Mayan ruins that were overgrown by the jungle

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R5rdQ TIL that the Netherlands' first mobile phone network was super unsafe. Spies could listen in on phone calls. Hackers discovered that they could steal any phone number or get new phone numbers by modifying the phone itself, and there was a black market for stolen car phones.
4k4Vw TIL That there is an underwater lake that kills almost anything that enters it (Named -> The Jacuzzi of Despair)
R5Z1 TIL that if you put a bottle of champagne into a microwave it doesn’t simply explode- the entire microwave blows up.
4aLw TIL that Dubai once tried to outlaw the oldest profession (Prostitution) back in the 70’s and then all the prostitutes went to their banks and withdrew their money before leaving the country – which almost resulted in the collapse of that bank and the economy at the time.
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