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

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X0Pa8 TIL the phrase“bleeding heart liberal” came from Pulitzer Price winning journalist, Westbrook Pegler in 1933. He used the phrase denouncing an anti-lynching bill before Congress. He also finished 3rd in Times Man of the Year behind FDR and Stalin in 1941.
aPkL TIL Governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford Act in 1967, which repealed public carrying of firearms in California.
ANb6B TIL chainsaws were once used to assist in childbirth.
5VwWp TIL Betty Crocker's Bisquick, "A World of Baking in a Box," is review-bombed and has lowered sales. The recipe was changed in 2022; recipes now require the addition of oil. Bisquick fans are unaware of the formula changes (following old recipes not the ones on the box).
P1g1J TIL: Flight Attendants are not paid until the doors close