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TIL a South Korean mayor had a ton of trash dumped on a pristine beach in southwest Jindo for International Coastal Cleanup Day so that 600 volunteers could carry out cleaning activities. He later apologized and said the event was meant to raise awareness about the seriousness of coastal waste.

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VMNd8 TIL that the uranium used in the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings were mined from Katanga province, Congo.
1J07 TIL there is an Orange County, China and it consists entirely of American-style townhouses and tract homes
Op04 TIL that in WW1, due to the kilts worn by the Scottish soldiers on the battlefront, their German enemies called them the “ladies from hell”.
wpNP TIL that Nevada’s minimum sentence for lewdness with a minor under 14 is life in prison w/ opportunity for parole. A woman in 2009 put a boy’s hand on her clothed chest and was sentenced to life in prison.
knN5 TIL the Rolex watch company is run by not-for-profit charitable trusts. So after a certain amount of money goes to Rolex employees & the founding Rolex family, what remains is donated to charities. Some of these charities focus on watchmaking & some on HS education. Rolex founder was an orphan.