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TIL Kodak had a nuclear reactor, weapon's grade uranium and were notified about American nuclear tests in advance during the cold war

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m1WKE TIL that there are roughly 107 classes of animals of which we are only taught a simplified 6 in school (birds, mammals, reptiles, etc.)
5YR7n TIL Russia built a city in China as the terminus for the Trans-Siberian railway. Its Chinese name, Dalian, comes from the Russian word for "far away".
KYM0E TIL Craig Mazin, the writer of The Last of Us and Chernobyl also wrote Superhero Movie and co-wrote Scary Movie 3 & 4
mQ9R TIL that the word “Afghanistanism”, which means the practice of concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues, is almost 70 years old
X07nR TIL The First Speeding Arrest was 12 mph – 1899