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TIL that 91 of the 220 cast and crew of the movie The Conqueror, including John Wayne and Susan Hayward, died of cancer suspected to be caused by radioactivity in St. George, Utah, downwind of 1950s atomic bomb tests at the Nevada Test Site. The director shipped 60 tons of dirt back to Hollywood,too

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xmvg TIL there is a “troll factory” in Russia where people are paid to spread pro-Russian posts in social networks
GAmYE TIL that the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, is a U.S. military cemetery uniquely located inside the crater of an extinct volcano in Honolulu, Hawaii.
bkRj TIL that some Brazilian prisoners are given the opportunity to ride stationary bikes in order to generate electricity. In return, they receive a day off of their sentence for every 24 hours of pedaling they put in.
BgWJL TIL about Len Koenecke, a Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder who died in 1935 from a blow to the head when he tried to seize control of an airplane
kJoQ7 TIL former Italian football goalkeeper Davide Capello survived a 30 meter (100 foot) fall during a bridge collapse while driving his car in 2018. He walked away unscathed.