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TIL that in the summer of 1987, 22 tons of marijuana was thrown in the sea from a ship chased by the DEA near Brazilian coast. The high quality weed, stashed in closed metal cans, reached Brazilian beaches. The weed was found and smoked in the summer known as “the summer of the can”.

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WkpvA TIL that many East African countries don’t want your donated clothes, as it destroys their own clothing market and hurts their economy. They have even asked countries like the U.S. to stop, but we never listen.
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