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TIL In September 1987, citizens in Rio De Janeiro discovered 22 tons worth of sealed 2-pound cans of marijuana washed ashore along their beaches after suspected drug smugglers ditched their cargo. Out of those cans, only 20 were ever turned into the police.

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