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TIL about the Thames Barrier, which helps protect London from storm surge flooding

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OLbg TIL that Police raided a home in Georgia because they mistook his okra plants for marijuana when spying on him with a helicopter.
6Ex6Q TIL that to clean out the sewer pipes that tended to block, the mayor of the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe instituted a synchronized flush. Residents who did not comply were fined.
b600Z TIL that a careful examination of Nestlé’s marketing behaviour shows that Nestlé’s entry into low- and middle-income formula markets caused about 212,000 infant deaths per year among mothers without clean water access at the peak of the Nestlé controversy in 1981
VmQG TIL That in 2013 when asked if they trusted the government over 75% of Americans responded no.
6EpNY TIL about Yokai. Japanese folklore from the 8th century that gave birth to modern Japanese entertainment like Manga and anime.