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TIL the german banker who claimed is bank was committing fraud and was locked up for being crazy, already won his case and is now a free man

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6E4M8 TIL natural nuclear fission reactors were discovered in Gabon, Africa. They operated for a few hundred thousand years and generated an average of 100kW of power.
9YkBD TIL that volcanoes generate ~200 million tons of CO2 emissions annually while human activities generate ~24 billion tons of CO2 emissions.
b66v4 TIL The Venus de Milo, as a Greek sculpture, would more accurately be called Aphrodite de Milos (Milos is the Greek island where it was discovered). Although it may also be a depiction of the sea goddess, Amphitrite.
9Ya0G TIL: Blood given in an emergency situation is commonly Type O negative. Red blood cells from O- donors can be transfused to anyone, regardless of the person’s blood type. Thus it is always in demand but only 7% of people have it.
QNLZd TIL that during WW2, the US government confiscated brass decor from theaters to use in the war effort. The Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago painted all of their brass white to hide it from the government. The brass was then forgotten about until a 1999 renovation.