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TIL: Afghan opium production has risen 1500% since the U.S. invasion in 2001.

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M7kMW TIL about the Grande Seca (The Great Drought), the most devastating drought ever recorded in Brazil. It caused the deaths of 400,000-500,000 people. Of the 800,000 people living in the affected Northeastern region, 120,000 migrated to the Amazon while 68,000 migrated to other regions of the country.
MWNb TIL the Dead Kennedys wrote the song “Nazi Punks, Fuck Off” because they wanted a song where they could insult the overwhelming amount of Neo-Nazis / Skinheads that showed up to their gigs.
R7Xyl TIL Baby Doe Tabor went from rags to riches to rags again after her husband lost his fortune the panic of 1893. She lived in a mining tool shed for 30 years in Leadville Colorado and was found frozen to death at the age of 81.
GANxG TIL from the 1920s-2000s, some South Koreans believed running an electric fan in a room without an open window would lead to death
nDVo TIL kangaroos have 3 vaginas