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TIL that the Chinese use drones equipped with flame-throwers to fight trash stuck in power lines.

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6VVW TIL Iranians held a candle light vigil 9/11 2001 to express sympathy/support for the American people.
Wk4YY TIL about the Capital Allowances for Intangible Assets, a tax evasion scheme used by Apple, in which a company reroutes its profits to a tax heaven, but also lends itself money to start the scheme and deducts interest on the loan to avoid even more taxes
wLVjM TIL That so few People Attended Lee Harvey Oswald's Funeral, Reporters had to Act as Pallbearers.
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