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TIL Coal fired power stations emit 100x more radiation than Nuclear power stations

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j6jgv TiL that bog bodies (natural mummies) have formed inadvertently as recently as 1945
8ajdZ TIL The London 2012 Olympics was the first time where every sport had female competitors. It was also the first Olympic Games where every country who entered sent at least one female athlete
vPlER TIL of Frances Perkins, first woman cabinet member, longest serving Secretary of Labor, and creator of Social Security
rNk1M TIL about Lake Natron in Tanzania, which is so dangerously alkaline thanks to the magmatic limestone from a nearby volcano, any animal that dies and falls in is mummified. The only animals that go there are lesser flamingos, who use it as a mating ground, and even they sometimes die.
00Ny TIL that Gangsta’s Paradise is one of the few Coolio songs that doesnt contain profanity. The original version contained swearing but it was removed after Stevie Wonder objected.