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PYn5w TIL that beneath the city of Tokyo lies an ingenious water diversion system to minimize flooding in the city during typhoons. This world’s largest water channeling infrastructure can divert 200 tons of storm water per second into the Edo River.
R5yQ TIL that in Japan there’s a series of Melody Roads with grooves that, when driven over, play the song “Memories of Summer” through the vibrations in the car.
graky TIL of St Clair’s Defeat of 1791, when British armed Native Americans inflicted one of the worst ever defeats on the US Military.
XEmwX TIL Although prohibition ended in 1933, there are still 18 million Americans who live in "dry counties" where it's illegal to buy alcohol
5g8R TIL Donald Trump took out full-page newspaper ads in 1989 calling for the execution of 5 alleged rapists who were all minors and later turned out to be innocent