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TIL that in Georgia (the country) there are mountain passes that have been used by invading armies so many times that the farm houses have fortified towers.

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DQ1Rp TIL The Gobi Desert is expanding through desertification, most rapidly on the southern edge into China, which is seeing 3,600 km² (1,390 mi²) of grassland overtaken every year.
aGGZ TIL of Witold Pilecki, a Polish soldier who volunteered to be caught and sent to Auschwitz so that he could report on the atrocities occurring there. After 2 ½ years as a prisoner, he escaped.
nDlb TIL that Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
9YN5m TIL in 2004, two Brazillians were arrested in Miami International, after one, asked about his air pump, said that he was carrying a “bomba” (Portugese for “pump”). This, complete with an “it might explode” comment from the other Brazilian, led to both being imprisoned.
l7Kn1 TIL that the saliva of Komodo dragons often contains blood because their teeth are almost entirely covered by gum tissue, which frequently tears during feeding