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TIL that a group of up to 30 bears surrounded and attacked a remote Russian platinum mine in 2008, killing two security guards and trapping 400 people there

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NXBBM TIL that prior to the Battle of Dunbar between Scotland and English parliamentrians, the Scottish army purged the army of all men considered sinful. This lost the Scottish army many experienced officers and may have led to their defeat.
D1Ykv TIL that American actor Vincent D'Onofrio holds the record for the most weight gained by an actor in a movie, having gained 70 lb (32 kg) for a total weight of 280 lb (130 kg) for his portrayal of Pvt. Leonard Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987)
E5L7 TIL in 1971, LANSA Flight 508 crashed over the Amazon Jungle, killing all crew and 85 of 86 passengers. The sole survivor was a 17 y.o. girl, who fell 2 miles down into the rain forest strapped to her seat, survived the fall, and walked the jungle injured for 10 days until she was rescued by locals
PYmjO TIL On a postflight tour in China in 1982, astronauts from STS-3 showed pictures of an emerald-colored lake taken over China to a crowd in Beijing and accidentally revealed a secret atomic test site.
EO6X TIL that diamonds have very little resale value, and we believe that they are valuable because.of a very successful advertising campaign that started in the late 1930s