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TIL Science Proves: Pop Music Has Actually Gotten Worse

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0X4j TIL President Jimmy Carter was lowered into a nuclear reactor during a partial meltdown to disassemble the reactor. He could only stay in the reactor for seconds at a time because of radiation exposure.
oRDQE TIL: "Weird Al" Yankovic has a Billboard top-10 song. "White and Nerdy" peaked at number 9 on the Hot 100
5N9Q TIL More soldiers died of accident/disease in the American civil war, rather than actual combat
4XY4w TIL, as of February 2021, the U.S. Mint had 147 million troy ounces of gold on reserve at Fort Knox, 54 million at West Point, and 44 million in Denver.
4X04w TIL that saying dark horse that describes unexpected winner is based on English prime minister Benjamin Disraeli's book "The Young Duke : A Moral Tale Though Gay" where mysterious dark horse wins the race against all odds