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TIL Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Who Wrote Such Hits as "Surfin' Safari" and "Surfin' USA," Has a Lifelong Fear of Water

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LQQPQ TIL: Tai Lopez, the infamous YouTube con-man, co-founded a company that currently owns Pier1 Imports, RadioShack, and Modell's Sporting Goods. The company is currently trying to turn RadioShack into a crypto exchange.
8a5D4 TIL parts of New York City are built on the ruins of English cathedrals
wLkL7 TIL there was a plan in the 1920s/30s to dam the Mediterranean Sea, create a series of hydroelectric dams, lower sea levels and make North Africa more fertile. It was imagined by a German who wanted to avoid another world war for resources, land and energy by providing plentiful resources for Europe
8eegb TIL that the Ignalina nuclear power plant located in eastern Lithuania is identical to the Chernobyl plant in Pripyat. The plant remained operational until 2009 and was used as the set for the HBO Chernobyl miniseries.
JYQ9V TIL that in an urban revitalization effort, Cleveland attempted to set the Guinness Book of World Records by releasing millions of balloons from its downtown area. 60% of them wound up in Lake Erie, stymieing a rescue effort for two missing fishermen. Guinness denied the city any official records.