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TIL 19 Dutch prisons closed in 2013 due to lack of criminals. In 2016, Dutch prisons imported 240 prisoners from Norway just to keep their facilities full. Low incarceration is related to relaxed drug laws, rehabilitation over punishment, and ankle monitors which allow for re-entry into jobs.

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N7oAE TIL in the 60's Capel Celyn, Wales was flooded to provide drinking water to Liverpool forcing the inhabitants to leave. After the flooding the English MPs had a tea party on location which was quickly destroyed by the furious villagers. This launched a Nationalist movement which continues to grow.
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