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TIL I learned that the German Army during WW1 built an electric fence (‘Wire of Death’) to stop Belgian refugees reaching neutral Holland. The fence was approximately 200km long. Between 2,000 and 3,000 people were electrocuted trying to cross the fence between 1915 and 1918.

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TIL I learned that the German Army during WW1 built an electric fence (‘Wire of Death’) to stop Belgian refugees reaching neutral Holland. The fence was approximately 200km long. Between 2,000 and 3,000 people were electrocuted trying to cross the fence between 1915 and 1918.

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