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TIL an estimated 50% of all gold ever mined on Earth came from a single plateau in South Africa: Witwatersrand.

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R5vRl TIL Michael Jackson explored the possibility of opening Neverland to visitors like a museum but its location and the applicable zoning regulations prohibit opening it up to the public
0w6Ev TIL of Norman Morrison, who was a Quaker that set himself on fire under Robert McNamaras office in the pentagon. He was protesting the innocent lives that were being taken in Vietnam at the time. The city Da Nang has road named after Morrison in memory of his acts against the US-Vietnam conflict.
VBglB TIL of the worlds oldest recorded cat, Crème Puff, who lived to be 38yo, enjoyed red wine and coffee with cream, and had a brother who lived to be 34yo.
loW0B TIL that every dog nose is unique, just like a fingerprint.
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