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TIL a 75 year old Georgian woman accidentally cut off Internet access to all of Armenia while searching for copper wire.

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Emk0 TIL that police officer isn’t in the top ten most dangerous jobs in America and is barely #15
16vY4 TIL that Uruguay has the highest cattle per capita in the world, with more than three cows for every person in the country.
5VrQD TIL that the U.S. Army disposed of banned chemical weapons and munitions through a program called CHASE (Cut Holes And Sink ‘Em) where the chemicals were loaded on a ship that was then purposely sank in the ocean.
R7Kw1 TIL during the forced removal of Native Americans to Oklahoma along the Trail of Tears, many African American slaves were owned by tribes and forced to go as well. After the Civil War, the Freedmen founded their own communities and Oklahoma became home to over 50 All-Black Towns and settlements.
oBPvR TIL that in post-Soviet Russia, feral dogs have learned to commute on the subway to broaden their food scavenging range - including getting to know which stops they are looking for based on the announcements over the PA.