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TIL That Japan burns a portion of its garbage and uses the resulting ash in land reclamation. As of 2012 Japan has created over 250 square kilometers (96 square miles) of new land using this method.

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69PDQ TIL that the Hellfire missile used to kill Al-Zawahiri was a so-called “knife missile”. No explosives were involved.
gMxDL TIL Einstein was candid to his wife Elsa about his extramarital affairs. In a letter to his wife, Einstein said women were chasing him, showering him with unwanted attention
MeOEB TIL Russia still regularly produces and uses Asbestos products
EMep TIL The jungle in Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise is now it’s own fully functioning ecosystem and no longer requires landscaping.
rRPmW TIL that English and American Suffragettes, in attempt to create attention to their cause, terrorized golf courses. They swapped hole flags, ambushed players like the Prime Minister and Winston Churchill, and wrote "Votes for Women," "Votes or War," "No votes, no golf" on the green by using Acid.