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TIL of the Town of Bingham Canyon, which was founded as a copper mining town in 1863, before being completely consumed by the copper mine as it grew. The Bingham Canyon Mine is now the largest man-made open pit mine in the world, and one of the deepest as well.

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x6On1 TIL that in 2002, Australia won its first-ever winter Olympic gold medal. It happened during the 1000m short track speed skating event, when over the course of the race all the competitors crashed, except for Australian Steven Bradbury.
QNlw6 TIL of the 'Nevada Triangle'. Located close to Area 51, it is more deadly than the Bermuda Triangle, claiming 2000 missing aircraft in 60 years, and average of 3 per month. Most are never found.
N7jBb TIL Buckethead played with Guns N Roses, build a chicken coop in the studio, watched hardcore porn in it, and left dog shit there
MjdV TIL that in 1947 Canadian kids started a “strike”, refusing to pay 8 cents for a candy bar whose price had gone up from 5 cents overnight. The movement spread throughout the country, but fizzled when people suspected it of being orchestrated by Communists. The candy remained at 8 cents.
PRnE TIL that humans/human relatives lived in San Diego, California 130,000 years ago, according to recent archaeological findings. The discovery is 115,000 years older than any other such evidence previously found in the Americas.