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TIL that Nelson Mandela was not taken off the US terror list until 2008

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YDDr TIL there is a website to test how much damage a nuclear bomb will do to a surrounding area, how do you fare against north korea’s tested bombs?
0V1A TIL the Can-Can was originally considered scandalous as it became popular in the mid-19th century because many women of that time wore pantalettes, which had an open crotch, meaning that a high kick could be unintentionally revealing
pYxab TIL that before Dieselgate Volkswagon gassed Java Monkeys (and humans) with car exhaust to see if their diesel engines actually ran more cleanly than other cars
yQjX8 TIL of the Humongous Fungus, which is currently the oldest known and largest living organism on the planet. It is the biggest mushroom in the world. It covers nearly 2400 acres of forest in Oregon and is believed to be anywhere from 2,400 years – 8,650 years old
Z4kD TIL of James Fallon, a neuroscientist who studies serial killers, discovered a gene making someone pre-disposed to being a serial killer, then discovered that his brain is mapped very similarly to serial killers, he has the gene, and is descended from a long line of serial killers