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TiL about Bubbly Creek, a fork in the Chicago river still bubbling from meat packing plants dumping their waste in the early 20th century.

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MewVb TIL about the idea of the Good Country Index: to measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size. Using a wide range of data from the U.N. and other international organizations. This has been active since 2014
0m51 TIL Swaziland’s 1 Lilangeni coin is identical in weight and dimensions to the £1 coin and can be used in vending machines. It’s worth £0.06
LkwKd TIL Clint Eastwood was mayor of tiny Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA in the 1980s; he ran because he wanted to lift a ban on public ice cream sales, flew home from movie sets for weekly council meetings, wrote a column in the town paper, and a local hotel changed their slogan to "make my stay".
kPe7 TIL Prominent science fiction author H.G. Wells enjoyed playing with toy soldiers, and was the first to draft rules for wargames involving the toys, hoping that such a hobby would act as a release so people would not engage in real wars.
VmAZ TIL Pearl Jam’s song “Jeremy” is based on a true story where a high school student committed suicide in front of his class.