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TIL Japan has ‘porn disposal’ boxes

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Y78vG TIL that a dangerous form of electric shock therapy still gets used on disabled people, specifically by the Judge Rotenberg Center, their methods of treatment are considered torture by many advocates, and the FDA is still trying to get their specific shock devices(GED) banned
MeJ98 TIL Belgium closed its last coal power station in 2016...
M7Vb8 TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US.
J1Lov TIL The first air raid in WWII on the German capital was carried out on the night of June 7, 1940, by a lone French Farman F.223.4 long-range bomber nicknamed "Jules Verne". The crew manually dropped bombs, primarily targeting the Siemens factory, and successfully returned to their base in France.
nWw8r TIL that the first hammer was invented 3.3 million years ago. It was made of a stone tied to a stick by strips of animal sinew.