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TIL The world's first nuclear reactor. Chicago Pile 1 was built in 1942 by Nobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi. The reactor was built underneath the University of Chicago's Stagg Field football stadium

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16kbD TIL film score composer Hans Zimmer played synths in the first ever music video that was aired on MTV (video killed the radio star)
m14Mp TIL that in May 2023, the South Charleston Police Department began trying to find the owners of thousands of shoes after a shoe repair business closed down. Many of the shoes had been there for years. One woman received her shoes back that had been in there since 2001.
grjbD TIL for several months, the residents of the Italian town of Vastogirardi have had the tires of their cars mysteriously punctured. What was originally thought to have been mafia intimidation was revealed to have been the work of a local dog with gingivitis gnawing on the tires.
0wvKp TIL that Boeing was banned from bidding on contracts for US spy satellites after one of their contracts went over budget by at least $4 billion before it was ultimately cancelled and given to Lockheed Martin.
1okr TIL James Bowie would smuggle slaves in to the U.S., turn them in, then buy them back at half price, making $65,000