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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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N4YJ TIL that the UK banned a disabled man’s wheelchair because it is technically a tank
WXM9 TIL: Some turtles can breathe through their butts. Up to 68 percent of the turtle Rheodytes leukops oxygen uptake is accomplished through the cloacal bursae, so it rarely needs to come to the surface to bask or breathe.
W7dk4 TIL that humans and their livestock represent 96% of all mammals on Earth in terms of biomass, whereas all wild mammals represent only 4%.
PMnO TIL that in Ojibwe (a Native American language), “Kansas” translates to “Little Hell-Hole”.
9YAk7 TIL the shot of Luke running out of the Wampa cave in ‘Empire Strikes Back’ was achieved by having Mark Hamill running out of the hotel the crew was staying at into the Norwegian snow beyond. At the time, they were being hit with the worst winter storm the area had gotten in 50 years.