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TIL that the uranium used in the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings were mined from Katanga province, Congo.

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koAg TIL that Australia is the only continent where venomous snakes actually outnumber the non-venomous ones
DEgj TIL Wendy Williams had to pay Warner Music $700 in royalties in order to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to someone on her TV show. Warner bought the song in 1990 for $15 million and claims all public performances of the song are illegal unless royalties are paid to them.
9Y88G TIL the reason OJ Simpsons gloves did not fit during his trial is because he stopped taking his arthritis medication two weeks before hand causing his hands to swell.
myYo TIL it has been mathematically proven that in any random group of 23 people, there is always about a 50–50 chance that two individuals within that group will have the same birthday. This is known as the birthday paradox.
6AEl TIL There is a cloud of alcohol in space spanning 288 billion miles; contains enough to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.