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TIL Businesses exist that allow you to smash glassware and electronics for a price.

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XnN8 TIL Shirō Ishii, director of the Japanese WWII Unit 731, was exonerated of all war crimes by the US government in exchange for data collected from human experimentation. US microbiologists called the data “absolutely invaluable” and “obtained fairly cheaply.”
OGod4 TIL that the current Australian Government under "Scott Morrison" has the longest list of corruption allegations in Australian History
epwOk TIL that once a year the Jindo Sea parts, revealing a pathway between two islands in South Korea
QJLgE TIL The Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives can present a mace in a congressperson's face when a Member becomes unruly, thereby restoring order.
MervW TIL that James Buchanan, the 15th US president, continuously bought slaves with his own money in order to free them.