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TIL A Canadian brigade got to New Orleans to provide aid for Katrina victims faster than the US Government.

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J1b7V 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.
ADOKg TIL Due to such normally low light levels some species of deep sea animals are blinded and eventually die after being exposed to the light from a research submersible.
ovO7 TIL Angora Wool in fact comes from crazy, fluffy rabbits
VZwm TIL that the 10th tallest pyramid in the world is a Bass Pro Shop megastore in Tennessee
a8E7J TIL that during WWII, Ford's mile-long assembly line at ‘Willow Run Plant” produced B-24’s at a peak rate of nearly one every hour (~63min). A symbol of American industrial might, exemplifying how industry (and some 6 Million women) pivoted to support the war effort, vital to Allied victory: