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TIL the Black Market is the world’s 2nd largest and fastest growing economy

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69WAX TIL that in the 60s, the US dumped 120+ tons of VX Nerve Agent into the Florida and NY coasts. For reference, a single pinhead of VX is enough to kill a human.
BrVWb TIL about Anatoli Brouchkov - a Russian scientist who injected himself with a 3.5 million year old strain of bacteria just to see what would happen.
MeMwW TIL of Andrés Escobar, a Colombian footballer who scored an own goal, which eliminated their team from the tournament, and who was subsequently murdered for it. Each time he was shot the shooter shouted "Goal!"
VME8Z TIL in 1979 there was an unexplainable nuclear explosion near the Prince Edward Islands. It was detected by the Vela Hotel Satellite, but still has yet to be claimed.
9w0Mm TIL beets can turn your pee red 😅