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TIL Hershey’s gets their cocoa beans from farms that use child labor and slavery, something that they know and are doing little to change.

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6E4Zm TIL that "threatening the President" even as a joke can send people to jail: Richard Humphreys said "God might speak to the world through a burning Bush," in regards to President Bush, was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years in prison.
9AJp TIL that, besides Antarctica, there is a place on earth that is not claimed by any country
Gpxg TIL that there is a man in China who rents a house by the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge so that he can save the lives of suicidal jumpers.
EgEL0 TIL: In 1666, the plague-infested village of Eyam quarantined itself inside a marked circle for 14 months. Neighboring communities left food at the edge of the circle in exchange for disinfected coins. 80% of the people died, but no one crossed the circle.
E1eyV TIL that Anakin Skywalker was at least minimally proficient in understanding and speaking Droid.