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TIL The Lekki Conservation Center In Lekki, Nigeria, is an oasis of nature within the urban chaos of Lagos, and the suspended canopy walkway that rises over the reserve is the longest in all of Africa

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6EKLZ TIL about the Burakumin (部落民, "hamlet people"/"village people", "those who live in hamlets/villages"), an outcast group at the bottom of the traditional Japanese social order that has historically been the victim of severe discrimination and ostracism.
Opaa TIL a study suggested playing Portal 2 is better for your brain than brain-training games like Lumosity
ZpYro TIL of Operation Frankton wherein British Commandos attempted to kayak into German occupied ports during WWII and place limpet mines on ships
x5y7 TIL There was a secret nightclub in an abandon water tower in NYC.
wLO1E TIL The law making it illegal to profit from illicitly-obtained commodity reports is called "The Eddie Murphy Rule."