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TIL Japan creates new land by burning garbage; they'd made over 250 sq km (96 sq miles) of it by 2012 using the ash

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4ekR TIL a federal judge ruled drivers allowed to flash headlights to warn of speed traps.
kOwl1 TIL The United States Marine Corps emblem has a globe showing the western hemisphere, while the Royal Marines emblem has a globe showing (most of) the eastern hemisphere. Between the two, they cover the whole globe.
nZp7 TIL Scientists recently discovered that some of the most powerful “space winds” in the universe, blowing at 125 million mph from black holes could be killing galaxies.
ep95 TIL there is a drug called disulfuram that is used to treat alcoholism that will make you very physically ill if you consume even a drop of alcohol.
pYMmp TIL that there were at least 42 assassination attempts on Hitler uncovered by historians.