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TIL of the cobra effect, in which unintended consequences make the problem worse. The anecdote goes that the British had a bounty on cobras in India which led to Indians breeding cobras.

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9wxnp TIL China has 56 recognized ethnic groups; despite the Han majority, the Wa people, comprising less than 0.03% of the population, somehow dominate the music scene in Yunnan province which they call home. What's more, they generally represent the entire reggae scene.
GYdrg TIL the Griswold's home in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the same home from American Beauty
WkJo TIL Charlize Theron’s mother killed her father to defend them both from his drunken rampage
OA77 TIL during the alcohol prohibition some moonshiners used to wear ‘cow shoes’ which left cow hoof prints rather than human footprints so they couldn’t be tracked.
WjQX TIL when the space station Skylab fell to Earth in 1979, it landed in Esperance, Western Australia. The Shire of Esperance fined NASA $400 for littering, which went unpaid for 30 years until a radio host raised the money and paid it on behalf of NASA.