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TIL a Thai fishing company kept 550 slaves from Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand on a remote island in Indonesia, where the caught fish was exported to United States and Europe.

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graQA TIL in 2014 a drum of radioactive nuclear waste burst when workers used organic kitty litter to absorb the volatile chemicals. The cleanup cost was estimated to be $600mil+.
OolrL TIL according to some German soldiers interviewed after the D Day landings, the most amazing thing about the allied invasion was not the immense scale, or anything like the surprise of tanks driving out of the sea, but the fact that the allies did not need to use any horses.
7Kb TIL an El Salvadorian diplomat secretly issued false Salvadoran papers to 13000 Jews saving in total 40000 lives. He only gave one interview before his death and has received little recognition.
5dN9 TIL In Australia, Weird Al’s “Eat It” reached number one on the music charts, while the original, “Beat It”, only peaked at number three.
Rnmw TIL there is a font specifically designed to help those with dyslexia, which “weighs down” letters to prevent them from moving around.