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TIL Billboards are illegal in Vermont

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VMk8k TIL that deer in the Czech Republic don’t cross into Germany, following the example of parents who learned to avoid the electrified fence there during the Cold War.
b9Jg7 TIL Subotai managed to defeat Poland and Hungary in 2 days by forces over 500 kilometers apart. He directed more than 20 campaigns in which he conquered 32 nations and won 65 pitched battles, during which he conquered more territory than any other commander.
gr8dW TIL: In WW2 school children were used to create nearly 9,000 paper mache type balloons that were later used to complete bombing raids. The children were not told the purpose of their paper mache projects.
4kmeo TIL about Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities, quasi anarchist communities of 300k people existing since 1994 in the middle of Mexico... and still working well 30 years later!
eBlL TIL that Gandhi’s great-grandson lives in Topeka, KS, is a retired heart surgeon, and was recently elected to the state house of representatives (as a Republican)