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TIL Scientists accidentally killed oldest animal Ming the clam at age 507 years old, which was born before Colombus discovered America and before Henry VIII had even married his first wife Catherine of Aragon

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aEWb TIL when the incident at Chernobyl took place, three men sacrificed themselves by diving into the contaminated waters and draining the valve from the reactor which contained radioactive materials. Had the valve not been drained, it would have most likely spread across most parts of Europe.
m1pY TIL nuclear submarine microphones can hear shrimp chewing on their food 100 meters away.
BRny TIL That in 1980 Saddam Hussein received the key to Detroit.
8a7pV TIL about the Indian skin trade in which “poor women are being trafficked and duped into selling their skin to be used for penis and breast enlargements in the global cosmetic surgery market” (Reuters)
wLdQY TIL of John Kissinger, who volunteered for the yellow fever experiments in 1900 and refused payment, stating that his actions "were solely in the interest of humanity and the cause of science"