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TIL the reason that Tokyo doesn’t have any public bins is because of the Tokyo subway sarin attack

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WAEB TIL that during Civil War, a person can pay $300 to escape the draft. The rationalization for this was that unwilling troops were ineffective so the government might as well extract funds to be used as war funds from the unwilling if it got poor service.
5lKk TIL Gene Wilder refused to watch the 2005 remake of Willy Wonka because he didn’t want to be disappointed in Johnny Depp
QJded TIL The 1831 London Bridge was sold in 1962 when it needed to be replaced. It was bought by Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to help tourism.
QNrLL TIL Hitler so detested modern art that he ordered Goebbels to open a "degenerate art" gallery of works seized by the SA to show the German people what he was "saving" them from. The concept backfired, and Goebbels had to go to great lengths to discourage the pieces from being admired by guests.
65PZ TIL Navy SEALs brains are trained to alter the way the amygdala processes fear.