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TIL the Chinese government estimates almost 50 percent of the current housing stock — or everything built before 1999 is of such poor quality it will need to be demolished within 20 years.

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OLwR TIL that in 2004, after not getting justice in court, 200 victims lynched their alleged rapist in the courthouse by stabbing him over 70 times, throwing rocks and chilli powder at his face and hacking off his penis. All of the women claimed responsibility for the lynching.
ADe9l TIL on Jan, 31, 2007, Boston PD mistook LED placards depicting 'The Moonites' for city wide bomb threat.
pYZ1O TIL that sniffing glue really can get you high. It can also give you brain damage, heart problems, liver damage, lung problems, and kill you in various other ways.
6MdX TIL there is a town in Kazakhstan called Kalachi, where the inhabitants of the village sometimes inexplicably all fall asleep for days
Zp9B TIL the guards at the maximum security prison in Walpole went on strike in 1973 due to “excessively humane” prison reforms. They left all the cells unlocked, but instead of escaping, the prisoners formed a self functioning anarchist society for 3 months.