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TIL it is illegal for anyone, even children, to wear camouflage clothing of any kind in Barbados

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160g7 TIL the 11-pointed foundation of the Statue of Liberty is actually a coastal defense fort (Fort Wood) that predates the rest of the pedestal by 73 years.
mx1ep TIL that the Chinese use drones equipped with flame-throwers to fight trash stuck in power lines.
MX8a TIL a stray dog in Afghanistan saved 50 American soliders. A Facebook group raised $21,000 to bring the dogs back to the US and reunite them with the soldiers.
8a04Z TIL that Madagascar has an animal called tenrec that looks exactly like a hedgehog, but are completely different animals
pgwb TIL that at the time of its release, True Lies (1994) was the most expensive film ever made, as the first film to have over a $100 million production budget