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TIL that if the Netherlands stopped all water management 40% of the country would be flooded within weeks.

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kmLE TIL New York City’s sewer system experienced a 6.7 million gallon hike after the series finale of M-A-S-H. It’s estimated one million citizens held it in til the ending.
6w9X TIL breast milk contains substances which aren’t digestible by human infants, but which serve as food for desirable gut bacteria
MQlB TIL that a Massachusetts man who was wrongly imprisoned for 18 years for murder, was finally freed after his high-school drop-out sister went to law school to prove his innocence. 6 months after his release, he died in a freak accident.
yKBJ TIL Russian scientist successfully cloned a plant that became extinct 30000 years ago (in the Pleistocene age), the plant bore fruit and continued reproducing on it’s own.
5rx9 TIL: Woodrow Wilson’s vice president, Thomas Marshall, was known for his sense of humor. One of his favorite jokes was about a woman with two sons, one of whom went to sea and one of whom was elected vice president; neither was ever heard of again.