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TIL of the existence of Truckers Against Trafficking a group of volunteer truckers who work together and train others to spot human traffickers…

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woxmY TIL of the Mani pulite, a 1990s Italian corruption scandal that implicated over half the parliament and members of over 400 city and town councils.
oBvOY TIL Uraguay flight 571 crashed in the Andes in the 70s; survivors waited 2 months for help, all while being forced to eat the raw flesh of dead passengers. Two men walked 10 days and 40 miles through the mountain to safety
rNXAw TIL about the Fallen Astronaut, a 3.5 in/8.9 cm aluminum sculpture. It is a stylized figure of an astronaut in a spacesuit, intended to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration. It was placed on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971
NeM1 TIL that a penguin has served in the Norwegian army and has received knighthood
pYRNQ TIL That Oneida Silverware was Created by a Polyamorous Communist Society in 1800's NY known as the Oneida Community