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TIL There is a natural nuclear fission reactor that has been operating for about 2 billion years in Oklo

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Y786G TIL The Khejarli massacre in 1730 resulted in 363 protestors being killed while protecting a forest. This gave rise to the "Chipko Movement" also known as "Tree huggers" in India
x6QgD TIL that when HMS Porcupine was blown in half by a U-boat torpedo in 1942, the two sections were recommissioned as HMS Pork and HMS Pine, and both saw active service for the rest of the war.
5VGmR TIL According to the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), 97% of all clothes and 98% of all shoes sold in the US today are imported. The vast majority of those are imported from China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and India.
wL91P TIL that the ceremonial handguns carried by Sentinel NCOs at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are highly unique and customized SIG SAUER M17s of which 4 exist. Made with nods to history such as grips made from wood off the USS Olympia, the ship that transported the original Unknown back in 1921.
69YVX TIL: That Walmart is the world's largest company by revenue and that the average revenue produced by each of its 2.1 million employees is $291,090