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TIL that the Three Gorges Dam in China has slowed the rotation of Earth and increased the total length of the Earth's day by 0.06 microseconds

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Eg40o TIL about the Hocker Album, discovered in 2006, one of the only known photo albums providing irrefutable evidence that top nazi commanders were at Auschwitz.
e0774 TIL in Northern Canada, polar bears are not allowed to break into your house and steal your food. You can call the police and have them arrested. There is a special jail for polar bears who steal food.
Wp88 TIL that the two pilots on a british airways flight can’t order the same meal for safety reasons
N7n5E TIL that the United States, and not Saudi Arabia or Russia, is the largest oil producer in the world
6EN7m TIL, Chernobyl wildlife flourished after the disaster, implying humans are more detrimental than severe radiation.