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TIL that there is so much heavy metal pollution around the Russian city of Norilsk, mining the surface soil has become economically feasible.

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nM4b TIL while the Roman senate was debating about possible conspirators of an attempted coup, Julius Cesar received a note. Cato, who opposed to Julius Cesar accused him of corresponding with the conspirators and demanded the letter to be read aloud. The note was a love letter from Cato’s sister.
X49R TIL the Bill Gates Foundation bought 500,000 shares of Monsanto. They still own the shares and won’t answer questions when the topic is raised.
DWnp TIL men pay 97% of alimony, make up 94% of work suicides, make up 93% of workplace fatalities, 79% of all suicides, 78% of all homicide, are over twice as victimized by strangers than women, 82% of the prison population is male and men are 165% more likely to be convicted than women.
DQLlr TIL Nancy Sinatra was incredibly nervous recording the theme song to the the movie 'You Only Live Twice'. Producer John Barry had to make the final version of the song by combining her vocals from 25 different takes
R7n04 TIL there’s a 752 pound emerald in an LAPD vault, worth anywhere between $100 to $900 million.