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TIL popular R&B singer Akon owns a diamond mine in South Africa

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b9jP4 TIL about "Cryptomnesia", where forgotten memories or ideas return to an individual and are interpreted as being new and original. It can result in unintentional self-plagiarism, and in some individuals, a sincere belief that they possess clairvoyant abilities.
E1rl7 TIL Crocodiles can survive without eating food for more then 3 years due to their effecient energy storage system
AZv7 TIL that the sled dog Balto was stuffed after his death, and now resides in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Ex5d TIL in 1985 there were 13 billionaires in the US. Today there are over a thousand.
woeYW TIL of the Toronto Hospital Baby Deaths. A 625 percent increase in infant morality led to the discovery of digoxin present at levels 13 times higher than normal in the babies. To date, the exact culprit is unknown