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TIL that the British government built a 1,100 mile long Great Hedge of India to enforce a salt tax in Northern India but failed horribly since people started throwing salt over the hedge

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6EPLZ TIL the town of Valmeyer, Illinois was so prone to flooding, that after a flood in 1993 the community decided to move the whole town two miles away onto a bluff to prevent further flooding.
d8b0d TIL Using advanced scanning techniques, Japanese and French scientists have discovered a 30 m long cavity in the Great Pyramid, above the Grand Gallery. The 'big void's purpose may remain forever a mystery, unless authorities approve drilling a small hole and lowering a robot inside to investigate.
PYLVV TIL that Wrinkles the clown was hired by desperate parents in Florida to scare and rein in their misbehaving kids.
D9jg TIL when a US Navy ship returns from deployment the first sailors allowed off the ship are sailors whose wives gave birth while they were away
W7erL TIL Someone killed a pigeon by dyeing it pink for a gender-reveal party