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TIL in 2014 a Greek woman was accidentally buried alive. She was found after a group of children heard screams coming from her grave.

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xVRW1 TIL that leftist mural artist Diego Rivera was commissioned to paint a mural in the lobby of Rockefeller Center. His mural included a portrait of Lenin, leading the Rockefellers to cancel the commission and destroy the unfinished mural. Rivera later recreated the piece in Mexico.
okk7 TIL that Charles Lindbergh fathered 7 children with 3 mistresses while his family had no idea
eGR4 TIL that a molten-salt reactor, a piece of technology conceived during the Cold War that forgoes solid nuclear fuel for a liquid one, can generate energy with far greater efficiency than any power technology in existence.
JYkkB TIL There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.
eXY4 TIL the first cloned pet was cat was named CC, short for Copy Cat