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TIL That in the Ukrainian language, the word Chernobyl: "чорнобиль" means wormwood. In the Book of Revelation, Wormwood is the fallen star that poisons the waters of the earth.

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LQjVV TIL that a pharmacy is more than 700 years old. Raeapteek (Talllinn, Estonia) was founded before 1422. The Burchart family owned it for 325 years, with ten generations of sons named Johann running it. The family sold the pharmacy in 1911 after Johann X Burchart died after being too sick to run it.
4Nj6 TIL of Anatoliy Golitsyn a KGB agent who defected to the US in 1961. He claimed the Soviets planned a long term deception strategy to lull the West into a false sense of security by appearing to break apart predicting the fall of the Berlin Wall, formation of the EU and financial problems in the US.
7nBP TIL Twofold Bay whalers had an agreement with a local pod of orcas known as “The Law of the Tongue”. The orcas would herd whales towards shore and block off their escape, allowing whalers to harpoon them. The tongues of the captured whales would then be cut out and thrown to the orcas as tribute.
LQQQ0 TIL negative reviews are felt to be more expert despite the reviewer being seen as less likeable
b9G5a TIL in The Land Before Time, the dinosaur Rooter consoles Littlefoot after his mother dies. This scene was added at the advice of psychologists to soften the blow, showing that death is something that Littlefoot, and the audience, have to deal with.