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TIL about the “3-S Treatment” which stands for “Shoot Shovel and Shut up” a method used primarily in rural areas to prevent restrictions being place upon owned land due to the presence of Endangered Species by killing them and burying the evidence before they could be discovered by the government.

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 8:18 pm

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A personal injury lawyer was on vacation in a small rural town. While walking through the streets, he spotted a car that had just been involved in an accident. As expected, a large crowd gathered

by cringeyjokesman July 19, 2022, 4:13 pm

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Johnny has just moved into his new home in a very rural area

by cringeyjokesman July 15, 2022, 3:37 pm

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TIL that in Haitian rural folklore, there are actually two kinds of zombies: the more widely known corporeal zombie, which is missing its spirit, and the “zombie astral,” which is missing its body.

by whatilearned May 21, 2022, 5:21 am

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TIL that Montana Pool Service is a non-profit organization founded by Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, that builds skateboard parks in rural and native communities in Montana. So far its funded over 20 parks.

by whatilearned April 21, 2022, 1:50 am

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Would you ever want to live in those quiet rural Japanese towns you see in anime? Why or why not?

by QuestionGuy March 26, 2022, 7:05 am

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Liberals living in rural, Conservative backcountry: what do you need to get off your chest?

by QuestionGuy March 11, 2022, 8:45 pm

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TIL Between 1854 and 1929, an estimated 250,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children were transported to rural communities by train across the country in hopes of providing a better life for them. These would become known as the “Orphan Trains”.

by whatilearned February 12, 2022, 2:29 pm

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A rural farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called and that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.

by cringeyjokesman February 8, 2022, 8:43 am

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A college student was driving through rural Scotland on holiday

by cringeyjokesman February 1, 2022, 4:44 pm

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TIL in 1997, the small rural community of Roby, Illinois was the scene of one of the longest single person standoffs in history. An elderly Shirley Allen’s refusal to have her involuntarily committed by her family led to a 39-day standoff with the Illinois State Police and other authorities.

by whatilearned January 30, 2022, 4:15 pm

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TIL sodium chlorate caused an outbreak of exploding trousers among farmers in rural New Zealand in 1931

by whatilearned December 2, 2021, 1:02 am

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