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TIL Scientists found species of fungi in Chernobyl that feed on the radiation for energy.

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XY4R TIL New York City rioted for over a week in 1922 over when it was socially acceptable to wear a straw hat, similar incidents led to a man being killed in 1924
xKVo TIL Your biological clock lowers your body temperature at night. There is a reason why getting out of a warm bed is so hard in the morning.
MQP0 TIL in 1993 the NSA was almost successful requiring a chip in all communication devices that would essentially outlaw public key encryptions and give them a backdoor to… everything.
mxr7E TIL Nataliya Dmytruk, a Ukranian sign language interpreter, refused to translate false election results on live TV, signing "our President is Viktor Yushchenko. Do not trust the results...they are all lies". Leading to national protests invalidating the election & aiding the Orange Revolution
epDW6 Today I Learned that the moon distances itself from the Earth by about 3,78 cm(1.49 inches) every year.