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TIL the Chernobyl nuclear plant wasn't shut down after the disaster, and was still producing electricity until the year 2000

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479N TIL that “Dagobertducktaks” (2014 Dutch word of the year) is an extra tax for the super rich, named after Donald Duck’s uncle Dagobert – known in English as……..Scrooge McDuck.
L7K0 TIL Laverne from Scrubs was only killed off because Bill Lawrence was under the impression that it would be the last season of the show. He promised her actor a role, and cast her as a near identical nurse named “Shirley”.
m1ZPp TIL Rob Walton (son of Walmart founder Sam Walton) crashed a 1 of 6 Shelby Daytona Coupe worth more than $14 million.
4XnZg TIL pistol shrimp produce a snapping sound that is so loud, US submarines would hover above colonies of them because the sound kept them from being detected by Japanese sonar.
AD0wn TIL bottles often had round bottoms prior to the invention of the metal bottle cap to prevent upright storage