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TIL Venice does not have a complete modern sewage system, meaning its canals are also its sewer system.

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dGej TIL the slowest musical piece in history, As SLow aS Possible (ASLSP) by John Cage, is currently being played for the next 639 years. It started 2001 and the last note change was in 2013.
5plQ TIL Malicious compliance is intentionally inflicting harm by strictly following the orders of a superior, knowing that compliance with the orders will not have the intended result
eLB5 TIL Dan Aykroyd proposed to Carrie Fisher on the set of their film The Blues Brothers. She said: “We had rings, we got blood tests, the whole shot. But then I got back together with Paul Simon.”
ADn8a Today I learned that at the end of the Mexican-American War, there was a popular movement in the US to annex All of Mexico. It was opposed by Congress, mainly because Mexico wasn't white enough.
E1KVd TIL about Miyuki Ishikawa, a midwife and a serial killer who murdered at least 103 babies born to impoverished parents. When she was caught, her sentence was four years in prison.