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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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kJggE TIL that "Auto-Tune" was originally created by an engineer and it's intended use was to find oil.
v1W7B TIL When the doctor Alois Alzheimer wanted to share in a meeting his findings of the Alzheimer patology, the attendees where uninteresed and skipped the questions because they were hurried to go to the next talk that was about "compulsive masturbation".
Wk74L TIL that Slaugherbots are drones with artificial intelligence that are designed and deployed to commit suicide missions on bad guys.
5Y8Rn TIL that in 2001 TacoBell offered to give "one free taco" to every US customer if the core of the Soviet Mir space station hit a TacoBell target in the middle of the south Pacific ocean. The target read: "Free Taco Here" with a TacoBell logo emblazoned in the middle.
X0OBD TIL of Madam C. J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in America. Born in 1867, orphaned at 7 years old and widowed at 20, she made her fortune manufacturing cosmetics and hair care products