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TIL of the Polavaram Project, a very large Earth-Cum-Rock fill dam that is nearly ready to begin construction in India

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Y7OpA TIL about "Operation Cat Drop" in 1959, where the British Royal Air Force airdropped cats into Borneo to control a rat infestation.
E1KXp TIL the ‘Balloon Man’ had constipation since he was 2 and died with over 40lbs of feces in his colon. It’s 8ft long and currently preserved at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia
EgDG0 TIL that if the moon were to come closer than 12,000 miles to Earth, the Earth's gravitational forces would pull it apart, transforming it into rings like the ones on Saturn.
R5Dp9 TIL the Spanish Inquisition existed for over 355 years; it was established in 1478 and disbanded in 1834.
KYQrQ TIL Ogbunigwe was a family of highly effective explosive weapons invented by the former African country of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War. They were able to kill 4,000 out of 6,000 soldiers in a single attack