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TIL: In Laos, as of last year, meth prices dropped to $0.25, making it cheaper than beer. Laos now joins Myanmar and Thailand as having the cheapest meth in the world.

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Y7MjB TIL The 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption is the largest atmospheric explosion recorded by modern instrumentation and the most powerful eruption since the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
KL7R TIL Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years and 7 months were longer than that of any other british monarch in history and the longest of any female monarch in history.
KlpB TIL that there was a 6 wheel Formula One race car, which was designed to reduce drag and increase grip
x6Ag5 TIL that less than 1 week before the playoffs finals of the NBL (precursor to the NBA), the Minneapolis Lakers, led by George Mikan, entered the World Professional Basketball Tournament in Chicago where they won the 'world title' against the NY Rens. A week later they went on to win the NBL title.
9Yjgp TIL that the Venus flytrap naturally grows in very few areas in the Carolinas, so park rangers have to keep most of their grow sites a secret to keep them safe from poachers.