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TIL the “Cobra Effect” is where a solution for a problem actually makes the problem worse.

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VBk7G TIL In 2022, Thailand's health minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that the government will distribute one million free cannabis plants to households across the country.
9wD4p TIL Marvel and DC only sell 7.6% of comics in the US. The two biggest comic publishers are Viz, who publish Manga and Scholastic, who publish comics for kids like Dog Man and The Babysitters Club.
GAya7 TIL pilot whales actively confront orcas and most interactions result in the orcas leaving the area.
Q8bp TIL that a US soldier at Bagram prison camp in Afghanistan was nicknamed “Monster” and “King of Torture” and was reported to torture prisoners including poking bound prisoners in the face with his penis and threatening them with sexual assault. He was put on trial and acquitted of all charges.
5YrKP TIL the original founding population of Native Americans was about 250 people. At their peak, there were about 18 million in North America and 40 million from Alaska to Argentina. It’s estimated that the population dropped by almost 90% within a few centuries after the arrival of the Europeans.