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TIL that Flint, MI switched its water supply to the Flint River in order to save $5M a year. The ensuing water crisis later led to a $626.25M settlement.

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eA6E TIL Christmas (December 25) is actually the FIRST “Day of Christmas”, and that the “Twelve Days of Christmas” actually lead up to the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6). Most of this tradition has been forgotten in Western Christianity.
rXMe TIL that a Native American people, the Choctaw, donated money to the Irish during the Great Famine after suffering starvation themselves in the Trail of Tears
do6E TIL Photographer Robert Capa was the only photographer or journalist to land on Normandy with the first wave of troops. He took 106 pictures. Due to a later lab accident, only 11 survived.
6rn7 TIL that a number of US states tax illegal drugs. You can buy drug stamps anonymously which you should keep with your stash, should it be seized you won’t have to face some fines if you have at least paid the right tax.
p8N7A TIL of a drug called TGN1412 that went through phase 1 clinical trials. Six men were given the drug and suffered catastrophic effects. Fever, severe pain, vomiting, multiple organ failures, swollen heads and limbs needing to be amputated.