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TIL that one of the reasons why trash cans are scarce in Japan is due to the 1995 Sarin Gas Attack where the Aum Shinrikyo cult hid Sarin Gas - a toxic chemical - in trash cans at Tokyo subway. In response, many public trash cans were removed as a precautionary measure to prevent similar attacks.

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WORA TIL President James K. Polk is nicknamed by some historians “the least known consequential president.” He promised to serve just one term, and he achieved ALL of the agenda he set at the beginning of his term.
6EdEQ TIL of Daphne Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist from Malta who reported on government corruption and money-laundering. She died in a car bomb attack close to her home on 16 October 2017, and her last words were "There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate."
D1RD TIL there is a political party in Switzerland, called the “Anti Powerpoint Party”, that works to decrease the use of Powerpoint in professional presentations.
w9kJ TIL the Co-founder of Cards Against Humanity sent Oregon militia 55-gallon tub of lube after other pranksters send sex toys
o5AE TIL Signals that baffled astronomers for 17 years were traced to the observatory microwave