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TIL there is a Batman themed nightclub in Pattaya, Thailand that has been abandoned for over 20 years.

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R7Vo6 TIL that a few weeks before the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, US scientists performed a safety test on the EBR-II reactor by disabling cooling pumps and automatic protection systems at full thermal power. The core passively cooled itself as designed without human intervention or damage.
wokB7 TIL that in 1978 an entire pulp mill was shipped from Japan to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil
8el58 TIL about "fake" animal rescue videos where animals are put in a situation where they need to be rescued by the rescuers themselves
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