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TIL that Tokyo has a massive underground water storage area to deal with typhoons and flooding

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bLX0 TIL When Pyongyang’s first golf course opened in 1994, Kim Jong-il was given the honour of playing the first round. He shot a 38-under-par round, which included 11 holes-in-one. His 17 bodyguards were put forward as witnesses to his remarkable feat.
Roka TIL that in Canada, a sex doll in a schoolgirl outfit is considered “child pornography”.
l7nmA TIL The US military used "cloud seeding" to extend the rainy monsoon season during the Vietnam War to damage bridges, ruin roads, and cause landslides. "Weather Modification" is now banned by the Geneva Conventions
16DkX TIL the decongestant in DayQuil and NyQuil don't work.
Rp66 TIL: An elderly couple was unable to remove three Kirby vacuum salesmen from their home for over five hours;a disabled woman living in a mobile home on $1000/month income and suffering from Alzheimers was discovered to own two Kirby vacuum cleaners, having paid $1,700 for the second one