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TiL Chinese courts convict more than 99.9% of defendants

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P1Zae TIL that more than half of the costs for a major sewage treatment plant in the Kaliningrad oblast was financed from international sources because they would otherwise dump all their sewage into the Baltic Sea, thus polluting it for all its European neighbors
dD8ej TIL in the 70's and 80's, dead acidic lakes were fairly common in the US, Europe and Canada because of acid rain. The acidity in lakes killed all microbes and aquatic life, resulting in crystal clear water that allowed the lake bottom to be visible.
6EVWJ TIL there is a concrete dome in the Marshall Islands containing tonnes of nuclear waste the US left there during Cold War testing and there is a large risk of it leaking due to rising sea levels. Nothing is being done about this.
kJ07B TIL there are only 14 countries with an obesity rate higher than U.S.A, and all of them are tiny island nations in the Pacific or Caribbean (with the exception of Kuwait).
8aDVZ TIL bees make honey by continuously regurgitating nectar into each other’s mouths in order to break down the sugars by partially going through the digestive process each time.