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TIL 80% of American toys are made in China’s Pearl River Delta, employing 3 million people in 8,000 factories

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MKZW TIL members of Westboro Baptist Church have been specifically banned from entering Canada for hate speech.
7roXZ TIL that before artificial dentures were invented, teeth were pulled from dead soldiers to make dentures for the rich!
eAlD TIL Oskar Schindler became virtually destitute after the war and became bankrupt after trying to raise chickens in Argentina. For the rest of his life, he survived off gifts and donations from the Jews he had saved during the war.
OWrY TIL that the longest prison sentence ever received was 141,078 years, handed out to Thai national Chamoy Thipyaso for her part in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 16,000 investors.
GArB1 TIL there are 4 "Poles of Inaccessibility" on the earth, points very difficult to reach for varying reasons (water, ice, mountains, etc.) Point Nemo is the most famous in the Pacific Ocean, where one is closer to space than to land.