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TIL: More than 80% of the gold in California is still in the ground

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ydl TIL Frano Selak survived a train derailing into a river, a bus crashing and falling into another river, falling off a plane whose doors had blown off and living by landing on a hay stack, got hit by a bus, and survived a car explosion twice, and was then lucky enough to win the lottery in 2004.
e0nrJ TIL that many Japanese companies including Canon, Toyota, and Suzuki use adoption to declare the heir of the business. The current Suzuki CEO is a fourth-generation adopted child.
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