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TIL since 1991 Russia has been involved in 12 wars

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8LNK TIL there is a school board in NY that consists of orthodox religious parents who send their students to private school. Holding the majority, they were able to gut funding and close public schools at the dismay of public school parents, while using funding for their private schools.
5MLn TIL Freddie Mercury doesn’t sing the high note in Bohemian Rhapsody (for meee!),but the drummer, Roger Taylor does.
OGBpR TIL that the scythe was pretty much unknown to farmers in India and was only introduced widely in this century. They were using mostly sickles.
p8Z4p TIL 3 men found hot metal cylinders in a forest and used them to warm themselves over night. They had found soviet Strontium-90 sources, suffered severe radiation sickness and long term injuries.
1aXY8 TIL Brazil has a thriving Southern Confederate ex-pat community that hold festivals every April