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TIL: When slaves were freed in the USA, some towns in the south would arrest young black men for not having a job and then sell them to corporations like US Steel as slaves for the duration of their sentence

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pY5XG TIL of the Wildrake diving bell accident where two saturation divers became trapped in the bell at 522ft (159m) when both the lift & umbilical, carry power & hot water, became detached. Before rescue could get to them, they died of hypothermia.
VB0YG TIL that Pokemon's Jessie and James are named after famous outlaw Jessie James.
P89g TIL Peruvians consume an estimated 65 million guinea pigs each year
JYOAm TIL that at age 84 Dick Van Dyke was resecued by porpoises after he fell asleep surfing and drifted out of sight of land.
OB0Y TIL a pound of dimes is worth exactly the same as a pound of quarters