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TIL of Centralia, Pennsylvania a coal mining town in which its coal mine has been on fire since 1962 and still burns to this day.

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vP4N8 TIL, in the year 2003, Maywood Chemical Works — now owned by Stepan Company — imported more than 385,000 pounds of coca leaf for Coca-Cola, enough to make $200 million of cocaine, all of which legally had to be destroyed, likely by incineration.
rNKDe TIL Sony's high-end microphones & headphones for professional use are produced at a designated special subsidiary at which 67% of employees have a disability.
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8klP TIL that the Oakland Police Department spent $15,000 to modify the tailpipes of their Harley motorcycles to make them LOUD.
69OQ TIL that for Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg requested that no one gain admittance to the movie once it had begun.