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TIL about Cerro Rico, or 'Rich Mountain', in Bolivia which has been an active silver mine for nearly 500 years. Workers there have a life expectancy of about 40 years due to dust inhalation and mercury poisoning.

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p80D4 TIL A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3–4-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. Information declassified in 2013 showed that one of the bombs came very close to detonating and was never recovered.
4XrmN TIL that before she was married to Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love was the girlfriend of Billy Corgan, lead singer of Smashing Pumpkins.
R7G07 TIL That the pilot of the failed Challenger spacecraft's last audible words were "Uh oh"
X0kLX TIL Of pancake syndrome, an illness derived from eating contaminated pancakes. Illness comes from having an allergic reaction to eating flour containing dust mites.
nedPd TIL that only about 43% of the human body's cells are human. The rest are microscopic organisms.