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TIL in 2018, the 120-resident village of Acquetico in Italy installed speed cameras after being fed up with people speeding through it. In next 2 weeks, it recorded 58,500 speeding infractions.

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xVNR0 TIL that Bikini atoll, the place where Bikini Bottom was named after, was declared a nuclear wasteland after the US dropped 23 bombs in the 1950s. However scientists have found thriving life in the center of it all, with evidence that life restarted a mere 10 years after the bombings.
YpRDB TIL - It’s Illegal to Own Only One Guinea Pig in Switzerland. This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.
wrV8 TIL In June 2014 scientists discovered an ocean under Earth’s crust that contains 3x the water of the surface’s oceans.
x6Bb TIL That North Korea is completely blank on Google Maps
j6kZN TIL Ghazipur landfill is nicknamed "Trash Mahal" which is the tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi almost as high as Taj Mahal.