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TIL that the Beijing subways are allowing travelers to use plastic bottles as form of payment to encourage recycling.

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yQ9Pp TIL the Dutch were at war with the Sicily isles for over 300 years, from 1651-1985 because people forgot that the war was never ended
DQQlv TIL that the wreck of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia lead to a 30-day voyage to find fresh water, a massacre, executions, and multiple battles over a makeshift limestone fort.
VBEeD TIL The Titanic was intentionally designed short of enough lifeboats for aesthetic reasons and to keep more space for elite passengers’ recreation facility needs and views
WkJ6L TIL Agatha Christie wrote a novel in 1941 about World War 2 codebreaking featuring a character named Major Bletchley. Due to this, she was investigated by MI5, but the naming turned out to be coincidental and unrelated to the then secret codebreaking in Bletchley Park.
p8bQZ TIL That Cloudflare uses a wall of Lavalamps to provide "unique" randomness for their cryptography