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TIL that West African countries supply more than 70% of the world’s cocoa market, using child labor, and in some cases slavery , to supply international giants such as Hershey’s, Mars and Nestlé .

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wVR6 TIL France gets 78.8% of its electricity from nuclear power, more than any other country
P1YOe TIL of "Unit 731", a secret Japanese research facility disguised as a water treatment plant during WWII. Responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes ever committed, researchers captured by the USA were secretly given immunity in exchange for the data gathered from their human experiments.
OGeXX TIL the Maury Povich Show was filmed in the same location as Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos, and during backstage scenes, props from the other shows were visible.
e0rWE TIL about Leonid "Tarzan" Fainberg, a Ukranian mobster, who attempted to purchase a Soviet diesel submarine for the Cali cocaine cartel. He also owned a strip club named Porky's.
ne0rP TIL human eye colors technically only range from dark brown to light brown. Blue, green, and hazel eyes are only perceived based on lighting conditions and the structure of the eye, using a very similar physical principle to Raleigh Scattering, which makes the sky look blue.