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TIL a mysterious young woman known only as “Bionerd23” has spent the last couple of years wandering around the destroyed nuclear plant at Chernobyl, ignoring the radiation danger and occasionally eating radioactive apples. Despite her dozens of YouTube videos, no one seems to know who she is.

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NjOM TIL that during WW2, a bear named Wojtek was officially enlisted into the Polish Army, was trained to salute, and enjoyed drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. He is considered to be a hero of the war, and lives on emblazoned on the emblem of the Polish Army’s 22nd Transport Company.
ne9Ob TIL Bill Withers, the singer song writer of "Aint no Sunshine" was a factory worker making airplane toilets when he wrote the hit song at age 31. After the song hit gold, the record company presented him with a gold toilet marking the start of his new career.
XlvE TIL: that there was once a Nazi Swastika located from above in a german forest. trees planted in this shape only changed color in the fall revealing the swastika, and only visible from above.
e0L5n TIL that President Jefferson partly organized the Lewis & Clark expedition because he believed that there were still mastodons wandering wild in the Western US.
x6Kg0 Til that In Russia in 1643, Tsar Michael instituted the punishment of removing the nose of those who used snuff .