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TIL: Closed Cities are cities requiring special permission to visit, a phenomenon common in the former Soviet Union. Today Russia has the highest number of closed cities. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've actually closed myself out of the whole country.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably you should add yourself to the list on Wikipedia then ;)

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not looking to fall out of a window

[–] moonlight@fedia.io 6 points 3 weeks ago

I wouldn't want to get defenestrated from nine miles high either.