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The diameter of planet Earth is 7,926 miles, and it’s inhabited by over 8 billion people. No matter how many articles you read, news outlets you follow on social media and conversations you have with colleagues about current events, there is no way you can possibly keep up with everything that happens around the globe. But if you’re looking to learn about a few things that you may not have been aware of, you’ve come to the right place.

Redditors have recently been discussing important events, discoveries and more that are occurring in real time across the planet, so we’ve gathered some of their replies below. Enjoy reading through this list, and be sure to upvote the information that you’d like more people to be aware of!

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Griffith University Queensland, Australia are about to start human trails on groundbreaking research into regenerating nerves in spinal cord injuries.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.griffith.edu.au/research/impact/world-first-restore-spinal-function

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) I've got a peach cobbler going in the oven. Most people aren't aware of that.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The war on the poor! They have nowhere to go, can’t find work, can’t find food, and get kicked out of public places because they don’t have “business” being there. The shelters are over crowded, under funded, and picky about who they let in. Inflation has made it impossible to keep food in the house, and pay for the bills/rent. And the reasons they can’t find work are that they don’t have a stable place to put on their applications, can’t pass an interview( when they get one )because of the condition of their looks, and can’t get a call back because they don’t have a phone (because they chose to eat instead of paying a phone bill). It’s really bad. And it’s all brushed under the carpet because a Cheeto felon is running for president.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The amount of energy and emissions that AI is going to require/generate over the next 10 years completely undoes all of the environmental advancements we have made in the past 10 years.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Read that some tech companies are buying their own nuclear reactors to power this.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) While we weren’t paying attention, China used stem cells to reverse type 1 diabetes .

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Bill in the US Senate to ban major corporations from buying homes (forgive me if even I missed a detail, hilarious how little coverage it's getting).

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They should heavily tax anyone with multiple homes, incrementally increasing it the more homes you own. This wont have an enormous impact on the middle class that may of bought a second home but it would shake up the rich from hoovering up property. And why not embrace work from home more, then all those city office blocks, can help alleviate the the lack of available homes

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) War in Sudan. 50 million people in Sudan before it started, estimated 9 million people have been displaced and today 750 thousand are facing imminent starvation. For context there are about 5 million Palestinians total in West Bank and the Gaza Strip. I'm not trying to diminish what's happening in Palestine, just to point out how little attention Sudan gets relative to the size of the human impact it's having.

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2 days ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FYI, this is another Putin-related war. The RSF forces (basically, mercenaries formerly employed by the government) have been bankrolled since the early 2010s until last summer by Russia, with training by the infamous Wagner Group. Their scope was to seize power, in the meantime, they spent their happy time doing war crimes in the Darfur region. Last July, Putin -after previously offing Wagner's leader Prigozhin- negotiated a new agreement with the almost-defeated SAF (the closest thing to a state military remaining), providing military support in exchange for access to infrastructures -ports to resupply the Russian supported militias in central Africa- and a stop of sales of Iranian drones to Ukraine.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) In late 2023, we saw the first-ever approval of CRISPR-based medicine: Casgevy, a cure for sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia (TDT).

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) There are almost 50 million people in modern slavery worldwide, and 12 million of them are children…….

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Hurricane Helene flooded a factory that makes over half of the IV fluids we use. There is a terrible shortage that is impacting care.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The Supreme Court is essentially on the ballot but most people don't think about that. They think they're just voting for president, but balance of power on the court is what's truly at stake. Several justices will likely retire in the next 4 years and the president appoints them.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

whose bright idea for the supreme court judges to be appointed by a selected politician? How does that make sense? Where is the true separation of powers ? If a politician is allowed to assign people FOR LIFE to the highest court in the country that actually decides what is and isn't constitutional how is that unbiased and separate from politics?

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The new Euclid telescope is actively taking pictures of space and piecing them together to make a map of our night sky, it just finished the first set.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are worth looking at. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_s_first_images_the_dazzling_edge_of_darkness

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) In like half the US it hasn't rained in a month and mount Fuji has like zero snow on it.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And all that missing rain has fallen in Spain.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the plain?

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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m in eastern Pennsylvania. Could’ve sworn it was raining a little on my way to work last week. Turns out my car was just sweating.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Japan is averaging 5°C (8-9°F) above the 20 year average for the past 1-2 years.

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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I haven't seen any real rain where I am in PA in at least a month. At the most we had maybe 2 days of some sprinkles not even enough to wet the ground really. It's wierd for hurricane season

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then it all must be falling here. Dry summer but seems like constant rain days since end of sept.

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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very surprising after scientists predict such things for almost 50 years

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1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please. Just. Stop. Using. "Like!" It makes you sound so f*****g dumb!

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1 day ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We went almost 2 months here in north Texas with no rain.... very typical of this time of year. Then yesterday... monsoon! There quite a few areas in the US that are used to months of no rain fall

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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Indiana we only had less than a inch of rain in and around Indianapolis.

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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People here in the South complain of drought when it hasn't rained in 20 days. I'm from California, where it didn't rain for 20 years, and I find that highly amusing.

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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The rain is currently now making up for its delay in several parts of the US

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Forests have started releasing more C02 than they use, insects are going extinct in the united states, and cyanobacteria and algae populations in the oceans have collapsed.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We're doomed, all doomed. For those of you out there of a certain age, think Dad's Army.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) A lot of people know, but I don't think people are aware enough that big tech companies get a pass on privacy invasions because the US government can subpoena information from them that the government itself is not allowed to collect. I truly believe this is why the US government is going after TikTok so hard because they're afraid of China using the data from the app the way the US uses data from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, etc.

ETA: Also, if TikTok is forced to be sold to American ownership, then they join the American companies in collecting information from Americans and can be compelled by the government like the others.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Big brother is watching. Mr Orwell would be proud (and be able to say I told you so).

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) We may have basically found a treatment for late stage rabies It has been working pretty well in lab test with rats

Similarly we have found a possible treatment for age-related mental diseases such as Alzheimer's by basically reactivating certain healing factors in the brain of rats and the scientists are pretty confident that this should work in the humans too The era of people living to 120-130 is closer than you think, especially when you look at the fact that especially in healthier countries like Japan there are record high numbers of people living to be over 100.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) This one is near and dear to me:

Cabozantinib (Cabometyx) is a chemotherapy d**g that may be a new treatment option for patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). The FDA accepted a supplemental New D**g Application (sNDA) for cabozantinib in August 2024, with a target action date of April 3, 2025. The d**g is intended to treat adults with well- or moderately differentiated pancreatic or extra-pancreatic NETs that are locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I assume this is the US. Question - how much will it cost?

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Multiple d***s are in/going in to human trials to regrow teeth.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Not to be the Debbie Downer here, but utter and complete social upheaval brought on by ecological and climate collapse.

We aren’t ready for the complete catastrophe that is just around the corner. News sources are barely reporting on the dangers of cascading systems let alone those that have already collapsed.

- AMOC
- BOE
- Natural Carbon Sink Overload
- Soil Quality
- Methane
- Ocean Acidification
- Wildlife Extinction
- the list goes on and on

We aren’t ready for the hell on earth that awaits us. And it’s going to happen much sooner than later.

Estimates of 2100 or end of century are straight up hopium at this point.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For those struggling with the acronyms AMOC is an ocean current system at risk of collapse. I still have no idea what BOE stands for unless the Bank of England poses an extinction level threat

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Syria
1. We have Turkey actively fighting the Kurds in northern Syria, and actively working closely with Russia to do it.
1A. Turkey js a nato member who helping Russia and Turkey just bought a missile defense system from Russia.

2. The US last week bombed a Syrian airport. This is unusual in that the IS normally only fights ISIS in Syria, this was against a Syrian government controlled airport.

3. Iran is actively funding Hezbollah in their fight against Israel. Hezbollah who also support the Syrian government has fighters in Syria fighting.

4. Israel has bombed multiple targets in Syria including the capital.

5. All of this is like a quagmire of alliances, and it looks like the Middle East is just going to keep burning.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, to be honest Turkey bought s400s from Russia because the prices of US produced equivalent was way too expensive and came with way too many restrictions. Turkey even warned US that if the prices were not dropped it would have to go for Russian option before actually going and buying those. I thought US was all for free market? :D As for Turkey vs Kurds, well. That's an issue. My old country's approach for that particular problem is as complex as many conflicts in history. And just like many conflicts in history, the government is doing a p**s poor job of handling it. Especially Erdogan government is trying to be a recognized power in the area and ruining long established friendships along the way. A true travesty or previous policies. Did you know for instance until Erdogan's government Turkish army never purchased any offensive only type weapon systems? No long range attack ships, no long range missile systems etc. Just so it would not be seen as a threat. Until Erdogan that is

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) In a handful of highly specific cases, people have actually been fully cured of AIDS.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The 2nd cold war is happening as we speak.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Just how badly our kids need more support at home so they can do well at school. Just how far behind socially and academically our kids are because they don't get enough help at home!

I'm a 5th grade teacher.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While I agree that kids need more support at home, I truly hope the OP isn't exclusively laying the onus on parents. The need for two incomes just to keep food on the table and a roof over heads, not to mention the lack of affordable healthcare and childcare is a HUGE problem in the States.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Taiwanese chip manufacturing plants being rigged with explosives in the event of a Chinese invasion and the increase of US Marines being deployed to Taiwan.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did you know that the largest of Taiwan's chip manufacturing plants were destroyed in their last major earthquake. They've had to rebuild from scratch since then.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Data privacy erosion.. the mass surveillance is growing with companies and governments collecting extensive data on people.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) There's a mining company preparing to blow a hole in
 a pristine piece of desert in Nevada. Right next to that hole is a 10 acre spot where a tiny desert plant called Tiehms Buckwheat is eaking out a living. 
There are 50% less Tiehms Buckwheat plants now than there were a decade ago because half the population disappeared virtually overnight.
The Bureau of Land Management, which will ultimately permit the mining company, said the plants likely disappeared because of rodents (although the rodents chose an odd time to decimate a plant they've lived next to for hundreds of years).
This little plant grows nowhere else on Earth. It has evolved to thrive in that soil - heavily laced with lithium.
And because lithium extraction is more important, that little plant will likely become extinct.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Worst Famine in Sudan in 40 years 25million people without food security as a civil war rages around them.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) The Myanmar/Burma Civil War has been going on since 2021. Some 50,000 k*lled and millions displaced.

Putrid_Rock5526 , Channel 4 News Report

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It’s been going on a lot longer than that. The country hasn’t had a legitimate government or internal stability since the military seized control in 1962. 2021 is simply when the military once again arrested and imprisoned the legitimate government, and resumed open control after a few years of nominal democracy.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) A surprising number of animals are adapting to urban life in ways we barely notice.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) We're running out of helium
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775554343/the-world-is-constantly-running-out-of-helium-heres-why-it-matters

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And yet this precious gas is still being openly wasted in balloons. 🤔

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Last night in a hospital somewhere near my city, a man was brought in for a broken spinal cord from jumping off of a 2 story building, to try to k*ll himself. He and his girlfriend had been in an argument and he stood on the balcony, threatening to jump, and then did. Obviously survived, because a 2 story house is not tall enough to do the job. He proceeded to call his girlfriend from the hospital to break up with her. A few hours later, his girlfriend jumped off of a 3 story building, successfully k*lling herself.

The crazy s**t happening in the lives of others is always something baffling to me. It’s happening all the time, everywhere, and we have no idea.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A moment to late to change, that still eats at me. Very brief backstory. The father was having an affair, wanted a divorce, moving out. The mother wearing a nightie, wanders out into a very bad winter's night. They found her body huddled in a corner the next day. He stayed for the kids. Fast forward the kids are adults and moving out, the father has asked his mistress to marry him. The youngest venomously opposed it, telling his father he was dead to him if he married her. The father jumped off a multistorey carpark. Ironically I worked with both mistress for about three years and the son for about two years, work friends with both. About 18 months later. I'm waiting for my bus home when I get tapped on the shoulder, it's the son. He'd been in a mental facility for over a year and do I want to go for a pint. I had overtaxed my liver forcing me to stop drinking because of my own declining mental health; didn't feel fair to share that, so went home. He jumped off the viaduct that night.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) Children of opiate addicts and overdose victims are growing into adults after a lifetime of being ignored and abandoned.  Everyone is wonder why the young people are so sick, we have the stats. Millions of people addicted to substances and extreme substances that obliterate parental engagement is starting to show. 


 Im one of the flood into foster care in the 2010's, now even more parents are overdosing or have moved to fent from traditional hard substances They give their kid computers and then leave them until they are 18 if they don't abandon them physically.


 Those kids are becoming sick adults and think they are flawed when they have been consistently disadvantaged their entire life. That adult who never feeds themselves well, doesn't pursue any of their goals or ideas, never spends on their needs, never plans for the future is a child who was ignored and taught their ideas and health weren't valuable or worth pursuing . They weren't taught how to strategically plan and coordinate a project. 


Sick adults are child victims who didn't get help. And we are now seeing their apathy and illness rise in real time .

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2 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am now going into year 7 being sober off opiates. My kids have never met the me that is actively addicted and I am very proud of that. If we didn't break kids we might not have to fix adults.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) They discovered a new antibiotic that k*lls MRSA.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, they discovered a structural class of compounds that, according to deep-learning AI, can fight off MRSA infections, backed up by very promising experimental results from mice studies. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06887-8

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) I learned today that North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apparently, the Russian troops are dissapointed with them.

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“What’s Going On Right Now That Most People Have No Idea About?” (35 Answers) A high school in Georgia has tested over 300 students and staff for tuberculosis because of exposure.

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3 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not surprised tuberculosis is on the rise. Also true in the UK by about 10%.

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