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TIL that in 2010, Ghana doubled police salaries, in part to reduce petty corruption on its highways. However, researchers found that police officers actually demanded larger bribes after the salary increase, despite allowing more trucks to pass without taking bribes.

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Yplor TIL about the "Upside Down Boat Village" in France. Equihen-Plage, a former fishing village on the English Channel with a dry harbor, became a stranded port at the start of the 20th century. Poor families living in the village recovered the boat hulls to build makeshift shelters for themselves.
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