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TIL of The Great Migration, or the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970.

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OobkX TIL of a South Korean illegal pornography ring that targets young women and minors; only a handful of the monsters affiliated with the group, including a K-Pop star, has been brought to "justice" and the rest's still on the loose.
4X79w TIL There are only two ATMs in Antarctica, and they are both right next to each other
Oo816 TIL that, because male chickens don't lay eggs, approximately 7 billion day-old male chicks are killed by the poultry industry annually; one of the recommended methods is live "maceration" (being thrown into a high speed grinder)
ELgo TIL: the US solar industry employs twice the amount of workers than that of coal, oil, and natural gas combined
4eQJ TIL more civilians died in China due to crimes against humanity than in Germany and Poland combined.