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TIL radiocarbon dating will no longer work independently on fossils and artifacts post-WW2 due to residual radiation resulting nuclear arms testing. Future archeologists will not be able to date our remains using only carbon dating.

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0wGnN TIL most cities have poorer areas in the east, due to prevailing winds carrying smoke and odours that way during the industrial revolution.
j6ylp TIL, while much of the evidence and general consensus supports the Wright Brothers as “First in Flight” Alberto Santos-Dumont, Gustave Whitehead, and others have competing claims.
4k8b TIL that it’s actually not illegal for a former employer to give a bad reference, they just generally don’t do it to avoid being sued for defamation.
DQwng TIL for over 50 years a giant whale terrorised the waters around 6th century Constantinople, sinking ships and generally wreaking havoc.
PngL TIL that during the Nazi occupation of France, Hitler did not destroy the Canadian Vimy Memorial and told the Allies that it remained intact, as he admired the peaceful nature of the sculpture