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TIL Putin wrote an oped for NYT in 1999 selling Intervention + Targeted Strikes on Chechnya

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D1opr TIL: It's hard to find deodorants in Korea because most Koreans lack the gene that cause body oder.
KJJw TIL that Finland has no homework. Their high schools have a 93% graduation rate and about 2/3 of the students will go on to college.
rJgw TIL Pumpkins, watermelons, avocados, and bananas are all berries while strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries are not
kJrJ4 TIL that it's "I were" if the situation is imaginary and "I was" if the situation happened in the past Eg, I was at the gym, If I were a billionaire. Which makes the song I wish I was a baller, a little bit taller grammatically incorrect
gMGy TIL that “if every home in the United States paid its bills online, solid waste would be decreased by 1,600,000,000 tons each year.”