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TIL that the second largest nuclear spill in world history happened in the U.S. in Navajo Nation

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rNea4 TIL about the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th century book with very detailed instructions on how to tell if someone was a witch
ARB TIL: That it is a legal requirement in New York for a property seller to disclose if the property a client is inspecting is believed to be Haunted by Ghosts
d84M7 TIL associative memory survives metamorphosis in moths/butterflies (Lepidoptera). Meaning moths and butterflies remember aspects of caterpillar-life, despite effectively turning to goo in the metamorphosis.
E15ed TIL of the old jewish cemetery in prague. Dating back to 1478, it has gotten full so many times and they just kept adding layers. Now there are 12 layers of graves stacked on top of each other. There are about 12,000 visible tombstones but over 100,000 people buried there.
1ALV TIL in 1946, a Georgia Tech Graduate Student and amateur photographer rushed to the scene of a hotel fire and snapped a photo that would would win him a Pulitzer. The photo is of a woman jumping from the 11th story to escape the flames, and led to new safety regulations across the US