TIL of Shinkolobwe, a mine located in the Haut-Katanga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It produced the most economical Uranium that was used for the Manhattan Project and subsequent nuclear weapons produced by the United States in the 1940s and 50s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkolobwe
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