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TIL the Chernobyl disaster released approximately 400 times more radioactive fallout than that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

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l8jK TIL that a lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun
19Md TIL in the UK the gov’t funds a service which you can notify about a person sleeping rough during winter, and they will find that person and arrange a bed for the night.
bEEN TIL: In the Olympics of 67 A.D., Emperor Nero competed in the 4-horse chariot races with a 10-horse team, only to be thrown from his chariot. He didn’t finish the race but he was still proclaimed the winner on the grounds that he would have won had he been able to complete the race.
xVyEg TIL of Hy-Brasil, a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for one day every seven years when it becomes visible. It is listed on several early maps, but still cannot be reached.
lo1BB TIL that scientists have concluded that a Greenland shark is 512 years old. If correct, it means it’s the oldest living vertebrate on the planet.