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

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X0jgj TIL that the world’s most successful pirate was a Chinese woman named Ching Shih. Estimated there were 80,000 pirates under her command, ~1,000 large junks (Traditional Chinese ships) and ~800 smaller junks
ndPG TIL an iphone would cost around $2000 if manufactured entirely in the United States
WkZ1Y TIL the 1967 Velvet Underground album "The Velvet Underground & Nico" didn't reach the UK charts until 1994, and peaked in 2013, after Velvet Underground singer Lou Reed died.
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yQn8p TIL the House of Representatives is surrounded by 23 marble relief portraits of famous historical lawgivers, including Napoleon, Jefferson, Moses, Lycurgus, Solon, Gaius and Hammurabi.