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TIL that Canada has no national rule on sewage treatment, and dumps a staggering amount of human excrement, toxins and pharmaceuticals directly into rivers and the ocean

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VM1Xp TIL that the majority of Amtrak's delays are due to freight railroads giving priority to their own trains over passenger trains. Even though this is explicitly against the law, only 1 violator has ever been charged by the Dept. of Justice in the entire 47 year history of Amtrak.
j6AJp TIL that the DSV Limiting Factor, a submarine that is used to dive into the deepest point of Earth, is owned by Valve's (makers of Steam, a PC gaming storefront) Gabe Newell.
gwlb TIL that despite making up via http://ift.tt/105dpup
Br1Db TIL There’s a type of Wasp that turns cockroaches into ‘Zombies’ and then uses their bodies as hosts for their larvae
wx81 TIL that when the pineapple was first introduced to England in the 1600’s they costed around $6000USD (~5000 pounds) each