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TIL that 96% of Mali's exports is gold

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Lk5p9 TIL the original MR.CLEAN image/mascot used to be a real person in the late 1950's and early 1960's commercials. Dude looks like Agent 47
yQe4e TIL that Stephen Hillenburg designed the show SpongeBob SquarePants off of a comic he created while studying marine biology to teach kids about creatures that lived in intertidal pools with the main character being “Bob the Sponge”
JJpm TIL during initial showings of a scene in the 1903 film “The Great Train Robbery” where a character fires a gun straight at the camera, it is said audience members ducked and put their fingers in their ears, despite the film being silent; some are even said to have fired back at the screen.
ZE5Q TIL that Iron Maiden has their own Jumbo Jet, which is flown by their lead singer Bruce Dickinson
M78l8 TIL about FunGuyz, a Canadian store that openly sold magic mushrooms which are illegal over there, had a number of chains across Ontario and Quebec but closed most of them due to frequent raids. They currently operate an online store.