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TIL about the 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster, in where grain containing methylmercury never intended for human consumption was imported into Iraq, where it was consumed by Iraqis living in rural areas. The recorded death toll was 459 people, but higher figures have been suggested.

by whatilearned May 6, 2023, 9:11 am

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TIL that when a man had a heart attack at a grocery store in rural Minnesota, 20 people lined up and performed CPR on him for over 90 minutes until paramedics arrived – and he survived

by whatilearned April 14, 2023, 5:26 pm

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A nun is praying in her convent in rural Ireland when there is a sudden bang and a cloud of green smoke

by cringeyjokesman March 31, 2023, 4:48 pm

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Americans who were able to move from a big city to a small rural town due to remote work, was it worth it, and what has your experience been?

by QuestionGuy March 24, 2023, 4:54 pm

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People who grew up in those small, rural towns we all drive past: what was it like?

by QuestionGuy March 5, 2023, 1:27 am

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What is the creepiest thing you’ve seen in the woods, or in the mountains, or in deserts, or caves, or in small towns, or in big cities, or in hotels, or in remote or rural areas, or while asleep, or home alone, or while on large bodies of water, or while on an aircraft or a nautical vessel?

by QuestionGuy February 16, 2023, 11:58 pm

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TIL the 1970 song “In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry was used in a 1990s UK advertisement for a campaign against drunk-driving, because of the lyric “have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find.” The ad showed a group of drinkers at a rural pub getting killed when their car crashes.

by whatilearned January 10, 2023, 9:58 pm

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TIL the song ‘Yankee Doodle’ was used by British soldiers before the Revolutionary War to mock American soldiers, stereotyping them as rural simpletons who would think putting a feather in their caps would make them ‘Macaroni’ (i.e. cool), but was later used by Americans as an anthem of defiance.

by whatilearned December 29, 2022, 2:13 pm

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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German because his accent is considered very rural by most people from Germany/Austria and it would be too silly to have a death machine from the future come back in time, sounding like a hick

by whatilearned October 24, 2022, 7:11 am

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What are you doing if trump gets elected in 2024? Rural- Conservative stereotype copypasta. Accurate.

by CopyPastaArchive October 17, 2022, 9:31 pm

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What’s the scariest rural place in the USA/Canada for your car to break down?

by QuestionGuy September 25, 2022, 12:23 am

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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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