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TIL about Sen Bob Kerrey, who murdered woman and children in Vietnam

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rNk8d TIL that Warren Beatty reprises his role of Dick Tracy for free with unwatchable gibberish every couple of years to stop anyone else doing it.
eLMD TIL Syd Barrett, original member of Pink Floyd, experienced extreme synesthesia and would give his band musical directions such as, “Perhaps we could make the middle darker and maybe the end a bit middle afternoonish. At the moment it’s too windy and icy.”
JYkZk TIL about the dangerous exploitative industry of Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. Most of the labor is done by children for very little pay. The demand ever increasing , this mineral fuels the tech industry, cobalt is used for batteries for phones, gadgets and e cars.