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TIL that there is only one case of suicide via radiation poisoning in the US.

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v1aAR TIL An $80M brand new shopping complex in Cleveland had to be almost completely abandoned because it was built on a land fill and methane was leaking into Walmart disturbing shoppers and the entire building started sinking. The EPA found methane was so high the parking lot could have exploded
MlLa TIL Australia’s Channel 9 put watermarks across the middle of their video footage to prevent Channel 7 from using their material. It didn’t work.
BKLd TIL that during ‘Operation Focus’, the opening offensive airstrike of the 'Six-Day war’, the Israeli Air Force managed to destroy the entire Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian Air Forces in about 3 hours. Over 450 planes were destroyed, and 18 airfields were rendered unusable.
RNW4 TIL that both Key & Peele were cast against each other, in what was supposed to be the only black cast member spot available. But both ended up getting the parts due to their tremendous comedic chemistry.
GxXj TIL that the ACLU has filed a lawsuit defending the KKK’s right to participate in Georgia’s Adopt-A-Highway program