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TIL a group of liberal arts students have been running a nuclear reactor for over 50 years and they scoop dropped items out of the reactor with a bucket and long stick

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BN6D TIL: Spike Jones was the Weird Al Yankovic of the 40s and 50s. It was considered an honor for him to satirize your work. You’ll probably recognize one of his more popular hits this time of year: “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth”
oAlr TIL the longest coma to be woken up from lasted 19 years.
XERaD TIL Mongolians in the Imperial Era were lactose intolerant, and despite being nomadic with large herds of sheep, goats and sometimes camels, rarely drank milk. When water was in short supply, they commonly used to drink horse's blood by draining it from the horse's neck without killing it.
KOjYE TIL to avoid being targets of violence, reporters notebooks took on a smaller format in the Civil Rights Movement and it stuck
ep7ZD TIL extortion rings called "The Black Hand Society" were once found in major cities across America in the early 1900s, named for the distinctive signature often left on their threat letters - a hand imprinted or drawn in thick black ink.