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TIL: That the Netherlands Flood Defense System includes 2 of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World. Dutch government spends >1BN euro/yr ensuring that its extensive system of dikes/dams/levies are held to a standard of 1 flood every 10,000 years, this includes depositing 3.1bn gallons of sand on shores.

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69NlJ TIL in 1993, Czechoslovakia split into two countries, Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was the only (mostly) non-violent split of an ex-Eastern Bloc nation. So peaceful it was called the "Velvet Divorce"
Rrxa TIL “Turn the other cheek” actually means that you are demanding equality from an abuser…and not passively accepting assault.
rRrXx TIL that perhaps the biggest reason Europeans had such an easy time settling the Americas was that they carried diseases such as smallpox, influenza, and measles. These were novel to the natives and eventually reduced their populations by as much as 90%, making conquest easier for the Europeans.
b9XGa TIL New Zealand has one day a year dedicated to drinking 9 Litres of beer in 12 hours.
E1y0P TIL David Hasselhoff's body in The Spongebob Squarepants Movie during the escape scene was a 12 foot-long animatronic torso of himself.