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

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wX5M TIL that the name “refried beans” comes from a mistranslation of the Spanish name for the dish, “frijoles refritos.” The “re-” was taken directly from the Spanish name, but in Spanish the “re-” prefix actually means “very” or “well.”
PRWg TIL: MGM studio placed 16 year old Judy Garland on a diet of chicken soup, black coffee, cigarettes, and amphetamines to keep her appetite under control
KR9Q TIL of Dan and Fran Keller, an innocent couple recently released from prison after 20 years, who were convicted, by pseudo psychotherapists and Christians, of abusing and dismembering children in Satanic Rituals
v1wwj TIL the Lo-Fi girl video was a livestream, and that it had been running for 1.5 years before the channel got suspended in error, creating the longest running YT video
VMWVQ TIL around 15% of active Twitter accounts are social bots. This means there are nearly 48 million accounts that are not controlled by humans.