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TIL there is a site on Earth that had naturally occurring nuclear fission reactions.

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vPAbK TIL about fairy chess pieces, unconventional pieces with their own rules used in unorthodox chess variants, such as the princess, empress, nightrider, or elephant
X0P TIL that the estimated costs for the 2012 political campaigns (6 or 7 billion) is almost 3 times the cost of sending the Rover Curiosity to Mars (2.5 billion)
918p TIL: Raccoons lead a coordinated attack on the TeV particle accelerator in Illinois.
pYPdZ TIL Michael Schumacher donated $10 million to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It was the highest individual donation made in the disaster that killed more than 220,000 people. Schumacher's bodyguard Burkhard Cramer, and Cramer's two sons, were killed in the tsunami.
YprLA TIL despite being famous on TV for his quick temper and frequent swearing, a 2005 interview revealed that Gordon Ramsay retained 85% of his staff since 1993.