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TIL that Chinese farmer studied law for 16 Years to sue and defeat chemical corporation that polluted his land.

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Lky0Q TIL The world record for keeping the original 1996/1997 Tamagotchi alive is Age 89 days.
wlDE TIL that in Ohio a cemetery has giant stone sphere that slowly rotates and no one knows why.
9rbB TIL The 13,000 sq. miles National Radio Quiet Zone in West Virginia does not allow cell phones, cordless phones, WiFi, digital cameras, automatic door openers, or gasoline engines. Pocahontas County, pop. 8,719, is the home to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Green Bank Telescope.
pYRJN TIL among the most endangered species, three reside in Ethiopia, the walia ibex of the Simien Mountains, the mountain nyala (a kind of antelope), and the Simien jackal. All three species are found in the Western & Eastern highlands in numbers ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.
w0R6 TIL There was scandal that came to light in 2008 which involved judges giving harsh sentences to young people over relatively harmless crimes for kickbacks from private prison owners.