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TIL the explosion that led to the Chernobyl nuclear accident was chemical, driven by gases and steam generated by the core runaway, not by nuclear reactions. No commercial nuclear reactor contains a high enough concentration of U-235 or plutonium to cause a nuclear explosion.

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ME8a TIL there is a type of algae that is one of the most massive single cells in the world, up to the size of a lemon.
D14vJ TIL that the actor who played the radiology technician in The Exorcist was an active serial killer at the time of filming.
YvDW TIL in a part of southern India there is a custom for children to kill their parents when they get too old or if they can’t afford to take care of them.
5M0R TIL although Americans have the most unfavorable perception of Iran in the world, most Iranians have positive attitudes towards the American people.
mKkE TIL that Emiratis only make up 13% of their own country’s population. Since it takes 20 years of residency to obtain UAE citizenship, 87% of the population remains expatriates.