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TIL that out of the 22 deepest mines in the world 17 are located in South Africa

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xVZob TIL George Foreman, the sandwich grill guy, has 5 sons all named George Edward Foreman.
YpXKA TIL that the woman who accused 14 y.o. Emmett Till of flirting with her admitted that she lied 62 years later. Till was brutally lynched by the woman’s husband and his cousin based on her accusation. Images of his mutilated body are credited with sparking the Civil Rights movement.
awEPZ TIL: In the United States, you can sell dietary supplements with no safety or efficacy testing at all if you don't "make specific medical claims" or use a known poison as an active ingredient. The FDA can only remove a product from market after "substantial" deaths or injury occur.
V5L4 TIL: The Mercedes-Benz SLS has explosive bolts that separates the doors from the car for easy exit during a serious accident.
awbdN TIL that 'virgin births' among animals are real, and the process is called parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction.