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TIL that Canada still exports mass amounts of Asbestos to developing countries with no safety regulations, and prevents safety regulations being put into place

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AVrw TIL that those iconic X-shaped fortifications on the beaches at D-day were designed to tear open the bottoms of landing craft. The attack was expected to come at high tide, when they would be hidden under the water.
80ZX TIL In a speech about peace talks with Japan after WWII, the Sri Lankan Finance Minister refused reparations even though their economy was damaged by the Japanese because he believed ‘hatred ceases not by hatred but by love’. The speech was met with resounding applause
b9LRp TIL about Nara Dreamland, a theme park that sought to be Japan's Disneyland and even had some creative input from Walt Disney himself. It operated from 1961 to 2006, at which point it sat abandoned for a decade, before finally being demolished in 2017.
oRP7L TIL there is a genus of fish whose scientific name literally translates to 'butt-face'
jKkM TIL Edward Norton commented on smashing the Volkswagen Beetle in fight club by saying, “We smash it … because it seemed like the classic example of a Baby Boomer generation marketing plan that sold culture back to us.”