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TIL that the cocoa industry relies heavily upon child slavery, and that you can choose to buy chocolate from companies that pay their adult workers fair wages

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ADd0B TIL That only half of the 100 million AK -47 rifles used worldwide are genuine.
PY6yV TIL that the evidence that showed the Columbia Space Shuttle was "safe" for re-entry were results using debris 600 times smaller than the one that broke off the Shuttle. This information was "hidden" in plain sight, in a single PowerPoint slide, which may have led to the fatal decision.
9YM07 TIL the best selling single (non religious) book of all time is "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes, selling an estimated 500 million copies. It is also the oldest book on the list, being first published in 1605.
yVjXX TIL the real reason Steve left Blues' Clues was because he was suffering from depression
Ooov1 TIL lebanese-american voice actor Casey Kasem, best know as Shaggy from Scooby-Doo, left the Transformers cartoon after they introduced a somewhat offensive character named 'Abdul Fakkadi' who was ruler of a country called 'Carbombia'.