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TIL Akon owns a diamond mine in South Africa
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TIL that Rüppell's griffon vulture has the highest documented altitude of any bird at 36k feet. Unfortunately this information was discovered after a Boeing 747 took the bird into the engine over western Africa.
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TIL that “Goodwill Industries, a tax-exempt non-profit that generates more than $5 billion in annual revenue and pays its executives six-figure and seven-figure salaries, pays some of its workers as little as $0.22 per hour. Why? Because they are disabled.”
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TIL that after Virginia legalized concealed carry in bars in 2010, they saw a 5.2% decrease in violent crime around bars.
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TIL to open the vaults at the Bank of England you need a key which is 3 feet long
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TIL that An astounding 47 percent of the residents of the city of Detroit are functionally illiterate.