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TIL that a ton of old mobile phones has 100 times the concentration of gold found in an actual gold mine.

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dVZd TIL During the late 80’s British students wanted Nelson Mandela hanged. British MPs wanted him shot. Margaret Thatcher considered him a terrorist.
PNGE TIL there’s a 37% chance that the Cascadia fault will produce an earthquake within in the next 50 years powerful enough to destroy the Pacific NW.
EJRx TIL A girl was kidnapped from cape town hospital in 1997 but her parents never gave up searching for her. She was discovered by chance when she became friends with her younger biological sister when attending the same school.
8eQy8 TIL Sklar has collaborated on recordings and tours with numerous musicians, including James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Phil Collins, Toto, and Lyle Lovett. Sklar has contributed his skills to well over 2,000 records as a group member, session musician, or touring musician.
e0nQ6 TIL that an attempted solution which makes a problem worse is called the Cobra effect. When the British put a bounty on cobras in India to curb the population, it led to people breeding more cobras for the bounty.