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TIL the US signed a treaty in 1977 banning the use of weather modification techniques for warfare.

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78WbZ TIL there is actually no difference at all between Slurpees and Icees. They're made by the Icee Company and the exact same drink rebranded.
b8Lp TIL that in 2004 the Republic of Georgia fired 30,000 police officers (almost the entire traffic police force) due to corruption and built glass police stations to encourage an image of transparency.Since then crime in Georgia has dropped and the public confidence in the police has risen drastically
mxW9R TIL minarets (the towers of mosques) are banned in Switzerland
wByJ TIL of the “second brain” in humans located in the gastrointestinal tract and called the enteric nervous system. More than 90% of the body’s serotonin lies in the gut, as well as about 50% of the body’s dopamine.