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TIL that the US can legally invade the Netherlands to liberate anyone held by the International Criminal Court

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mNyy TIL that an Australian study has found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
16gJ8 TIL that Belize and Guatemala are currently in a massive border dispute that has persisted for hundreds of years
JYQG8 TIL Scotts Miracle-Gro helped create a type of grass that's resistant to weed killer. It escaped its lab and spread across Oregon, becoming an unwanted weed with no easy way to kill it.
OBwR TIL there are rats that live in a colony with a queen, workers and soldiers. They also: don’t feel pain, highly resistant to cancer, need very little oxygen and can live on a single tuber for months or years. Oh yes… and they get 3 times as old as any other rodent.
DxJY TIL The Actor Who Played Crabbe In The Harry Potter Movies Is Currently In Jail For His Part In The London Riots In 2012