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TIL there are over 700 dogs and 100 cats living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone and Clear Future Fund’s Dogs of Chernobyl program looks after their wellbeing

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4kRJg TIL that Michigan law forbids lawsuits against negligent bosses who caused employees' deaths. For this reason, the family of a mechanic who was killed on the job had to sue the car's owner in order to get compensation from the employer he was killed by (a Jeep dealership).
nWLwd TIL 11.6% of Americans have diabetes (2021 statistics). It's estimated that in 2020, almost every third American 65 or older had either diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes.
dgyj TIL A nuclear bomb was accidentally dropped on or near Tybee Island, GA. It didn’t detonate, some saying it didn’t have a fuse, but has also never been located.
78xjp TIL James Bond villain Goldfinger is named after Ernő Goldfinger an architect because Ian Fleming had a feud with him
yVeva TIL that trade in albino body parts is an actual thing in Tanzania.