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TIL of the Brumadinho Tailings dam (toxic sludge created as a byproduct of Iron mining) collapse, the company that owned this mine owned another mine where they had another Tailings dam collapse causing major loss of life.

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oWyL TIL there’s a a fake bomb detector produced in the UK that has been sold to 20 countries in the Middle East and Far East, including Iraq and Afghanistan, for as much as $60,000 per unit. The fake bomb detector is still in use by police and army in those countries.
dYyE TIL Deer poses the most danger to humans out of all mammals living in North America
6gEQ TIL there is a gym that pays you for working out and penalizes you for missed days.
VJ6p TIL Heath Ledger kept a Joker Diary. In it he wrote as the Joker and included a list of things he believed the Joker would find funny including blind babies, geniuses with brain damage, and sombreros
d0lQ TIL In ancient Athens, a beautiful courtesan named Phryne was put on trial for a capital crime. Her defense, in the most well-known story of the event, consisted of stripping in court and asking the (all-male) jury if they were prepared to destroy this. She was acquitted.