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TIL The USA dumped Nuclear Waste from Secret Missile bases under the Greenland Ice Sheet, and due to the ice melting this waste is now at risk of soon entering the EcoSystem.

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Pe1J TIL The man who took the most memorable photo of the Loch Ness Monster confessed to it being fake on his deathbed.
08mA TIL that smallpox is the first and only disease that has ever been eradicated. Smallpox now only exists in high security labs in Russia and the US. Vaccinations played a major role in achieving this eradication.
4ANR TIL: Since 1969, the United States has only had a balanced budget five times, four of which happened during the last four years of the Clinton administration.
LkPZQ TIL Prince Philip of is worshipped by inhabitants of some villages on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu, holding feasts on his honour and having portraits of him
6E4rW TIL in Japan, a home loses value from Day 1 — losing half its value in 10 years and becoming almost entirely worthless in 25. When a property is sold, the existing house is almost always razed and rebuilt. Even the most important shrines in Japan face regular rebuilding.