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TIL: “Kemosabe” means Idiot in Apache

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YnOx TIL A man spent $20,000 cleaning a vacant city lot, until the city of Philadelphia threatened him with legal action unless he stopped.
edw4 TIL a man tried to open his own bank. Offering savers 5% interest, cheap loans, and all profits being given to charity. Instead, big banks complained and he was refused his banking license.
xVjxD TIL A man biked over 19,000 miles while vaping weed to disprove the lazy stoner myth
8eKga TIL Dr. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, but the medical community's disinterest kept it from being produced until 1944.
A8og TIL Before Chernobyl, the Soviets had another massive nuclear disaster which contaminated over 20,000 square km. The area was turned into a preserve to cover up the accident. The CIA knew of the accident, but also covered it up in order to protect the fledgling US nuclear industry from hysteria.