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TIL the Billions Brazil Spent on World Cup Stadiums provided little to no long-term economic benefits

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ZpYPY TIL about uranium glassware, where small samples of uranium were melted into glass before forming to create a wider range of colors. This practice stopped in the 40s and pieces now are highly sought by collectors.
Z8aJa TIL of the SS Tullibee, US WWII submarine that sunk itself when the torpedo it fired made a full circle and came back around to strike the submarine. There was 1 survivor.
JvrB TIL: In Uxbridge, Massachusetts (36 miles southwest of Boston), the local police department has requested that people STOP POOPING ON TRAINS from overpasses.
GYAx7 TIL that when an inaugural flight from the US landed in Magadan, Russia in the 1990s, the airport had no de-icing service. The pilot rounded up every bottle of vodka around, and sprayed it on the wings with a garden hose.
xVGe0 TIL India banned jury trials after a Naval officer murdered his wife’s lover and a combination of sympathy for the wronged husband and a concerted media campaign to paint him as such resulted in the jury acquitting him.