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TIL Known as "the mensch who saved Christmas," CEO Aaron Feuerstein rose to global prominence for paying workers after their factory burned down before Christmas. The company spent $25 million on repairs & employee salaries by the time it reopened. Five years later, the company filed for Chapter 11.

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7v0O TIL the deepest mine in the world, Mponeng in S. Africa, has rock faces 140-degrees due to proximity to Earth’s core, and is inhabited by “ghost minders” – pale criminals armed with AKs and beer bottle grenades who reside in the shafts for months at a time to steal gold.
oRKdY TIL most of the people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 were girls/women aged 14-23. In addition, the doors were locked (preventing escape), a common practice of the time to reduce theft and breaks by workers. Many women people jumped out of the 8/9/10th floors
DPdP TIL that using carbon nanotubes, Stanford engineers have created the first basic computer that operates faster and consumes less energy when compared to systems made from silicon chips (pic)
Zedo TIL that Elmer Fudd, the hunter from Looney Tunes, is a vegetarian, and just hunts for the sport of it
4kXVo TIL about the Sea Dragon, a fully conceived rocket design that would have launched from the ocean and was designed to put 550 tonnes into low Earth orbit.