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TIL there are ~ 2 million children under slave labor in the chocolate industry.

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57KP TIL 1961 US had it’s first Nuclear Accident, killing all three operators. One was blown into the ceiling by the force of the blast and impaled there by a reactor rod. They had to be buried like Nuclear Waste. (Idaho)
6EyL7 TIL of U-505, a Type IXC U-boat, that was attacked and successfully captured by a Hunter-Killer task group in 1944. Towed to Bermuda, the submarine was brought to Chicago, Illinois where it was restored and placed on display in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
ANPAw TIL that Bowie didn't do the amazing crystal ball juggling in Labyrinth.
ZKlY TIL the song “Happy Birthday” is no longer in copyright and Warner Music has been sued for hundreds of millions of dollars in improperly collected royalties
e0BXg TIL 3 men escaped from Alcatraz by digging holes in their cells using spoons, accessing an unguarded utility corridor. They climbed onto the roof, down a 50' drainpipe and over two 12' security fences before inflating a makeshift raft and swimming across the Bay. Their bodies have never been found.