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TIL the entire town of Times Beach, MO was rendered uninhabitable in the 1980s after a single dust mitigation contractor tried to get rid of highly-toxic dioxin by adding it to engine oil and spreading it in all the town's gravel roads. Today the town is Route 66 State Park.

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e8KD TIL that voting is compulsory in Australia and that citizens are fined if you do not vote !
dD75r TIL about Ectopia Cordis, a rare condition where a baby’s heart forms outside the chest. One notable case is Audrina Cardenas, born in 2012, who survived after surgery to place her heart back inside her body.
9wBNQ TIL that the song "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" as well as a few others in the movie Lilo and Stitch were sung by the Kamehameha Schools Choir, which is a private school system in Hawaii catering to native students.
LgwV TIL That Canada has the 6th largest air force in the Americas, behind the US Airforce, the US Navy, the US Army, the US Marine Corps, and the Brazillian Air Force
yLBV TIL that Anna Jarvis, the woman who founded Mother’s Day, tried to get the holiday revoked when companies began to commercialize it for profits.