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TIL that New Zealand once tried to weaponize tsunamis (Project Seal)

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OoeEL TIL Rum-Running is smuggling alcohol over water; Boot-Legging is smuggling alcohol over land.
pP9Q TIL to crack down on alcohol related violence, organizers restricted the amount of alcohol campers could take to Australia’s biggest car race, the Bathurst 1000. To 24 cans. Per person. Per day.
GAv9g TIL the sound of Mr. Krabs walking is the sound of 2 crab leg shells clinking together.
QmLM TIL a Chinese linguist created an entire 97 word essay using the same word, “shi”, only varying in tones, to prove why Chinese needs to be written using logograms and not phoenetically
eON5 TIL that in 1872 the ship, Mary Celeste, was found abandoned in the middle of calm seas, with one lifeboat and its entire crew of experienced sailors missing. All the food and personal belongings on board were found in place. The mystery has yet to been solved.