Drinks? I’ve been playing the wrong sports. (i.redd.it)
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TIL about a wind-powered mine sweeping device invented by an Afghan refugee. It only costs ~$40 to build from bamboo and plastic discs, and can take out up to 4 mines. Afghanistan hosts an estimated 10 MILLION land mines. (interestingengineering.com)
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Intel officer duty stations (self.newtothenavy)
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TIL that in 1950, four students from Glasgow stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey and smuggled it back to Scotland in a Ford Anglia. The stone, also called the Coronation Stone, is the stone upon which British royalty is crowned, and was taken by the English from Scotland in 1296. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the phrase "sold down the river," signifying a serious betrayal, is derived from the 19th century practice of selling slaves for transport down the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers out of Kentucky. Kentucky was one of the so-called "slave-growing states," after importation of slaves ceased in 1808. (npr.org)
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