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TIL that in 1915 civic leaders of San Diego hired a rainmaker for $10,000 to counteract the effects of a drought.

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1LE4 TIL that in 2010, Ghana doubled police salaries, in part to reduce petty corruption on its highways. However, researchers found that police officers actually demanded larger bribes after the salary increase, despite allowing more trucks to pass without taking bribes.
ADK54 TIL over 7,000 accidental plane crashes happened on American soil during WW2, killing over 15,000 people.
E8wW TIL the world’s first licensed armless pilot is also the first armless black-belt.
pYYdO TIL the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction set 70% of the world's forests on fire, caused tsunamis that rose to a height of 300ft (100m), and ejected 25 trillion metric tons of debris into the atmosphere that reduced sunlight by up to 90% for a decade.
nWrOW TIL of Mad Jack Mytton, who rode a bear, stripped naked and hunted in the snow, fed his favourite dogs steak and champagne, allowed his horse to freely roam round his house, intentionally crashes his horse and carriage for a lark