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TIL The Chernobyl nuclear plant continued to produce electricity until finally decommissioned in 2000.

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m1RyE TIL that North Korea offered and delivered flood aid to South Korea in 1984
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QW99 TIL that Fidonet, a pre-internet networking technology, still exists and is used today
rRaKy TIL that the actor who voiced Charlie Brown is in prison.
OGlB1 TIL a 2022 study of 517 Jordanian students found most perceived people wearing glasses as less attractive, confident and intelligent compared to when not wearing them. The negative attractiveness effect mirrors studies in Western countries, but the negative intelligence perception was new.