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TIL the people around Siberia's Lake Baikal have a system for extracting submerged vehicles that have fallen through the ice, without using heavy machinery.

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AQX4 TIL one of the things Nixon was impeached for was: Misuse of the FBI, the Secret Service, and other personnel, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, by directing or authorizing agencies to conduct electronic surveillance for purposes unrelated to national security
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