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TIL that 96% of Mali's exports is gold
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TIL: Telecommunication companies participate in each countries' "spectrum auction" in which they bid on the right to use specific bands of the electromagnetic spectrum for a time period. In the US, the FCC has raised over $60 billion from the bids so far.
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TIL Cruella almost made a return as the main villain in 1972s The Rescuers and concept art was even drew up for it
gr1Ob
TIL that Trace Adkins cut off his own pinky while trying to open a bucket with a knife; he had doctors put it on at an angle so he could still play guitar. (Also in a separate incident his second ex-wife shot him through his heart and lungs, somehow he survived)
BrLdW
TIL that the music video of the song "Basket Case" from Green day was filmed in a mental asylum called "Agnews Developmental Center." It was also originally filmed in black and white but was later colored in(however the patients of the asylum were not colored in and stay B&W)
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TIL The New York Times was hoaxed into running an article about "grunge speak." A reporter pressured a receptionist from Sub Pop Records about whether grunge fans had their own slang. On the spot, she made up terms like "harsh realm," "cob nobbler" and "lamestain." The article was never corrected.