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TIL That in 2009 a 15 year old girl was gang raped for 2 and a half hours during a school dance while 20 people watched and up to 10 participating. Not one of them called the police during the act.

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lXe7 TIL- that Scotland’s national animal is a Unicorn
epVLg TIL that the Ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras was arrested, exiled, and was almost put to death for saying that the sun and moon were objects, and not gods.
yVAWl TIL the only survivor of a mid-air collision between 2 planes over Amur Oblast (that killed her husband & 36 others) fell 5,220 meters while holding onto a piece of the plane. After waiting 2 days in the woods with fractures to her arms, ribs & spine, she began to walk on the 3rd & found rescuers.
1aE8W TIL There are currently 44 publicly acknowledged closed cities in Russia. It’s believed that an additional 15 or so closed cities exist in Russia, but their names and locations have not been publicly disclosed
R75lw National Geographic Fellow Jer Thorp explains the process behind designing "We Were Once Strangers Too," an award-winning public data sculpture that highlighted the role of immigrants in New York City.