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TIL that the US stores it's nuclear waste in New Mexico, in a deep geological repository called the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, functional since 1999.

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V1Nm TIL about Tillie, a hiking dog in Kentucky whose tag simply read ““My name is Tillie. I am not a stray. I live next door. Let’s go for a hike”
4XG8X TIL of Ralph Bunche, a Black American diplomat who: was the first Afr. American in the US to earn a PhD in PoliSci; worked for the OSS in WWII; helped design and create the UN; won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the first Arab-Israeli war; 'invented' peacekeeping; and marched with Dr. King
x00o TIL that the Irish last name prefix “Mac” means “son of” and prefix “O” means “grandson of”.
akmN TIL The Big Bang Theory was proposed by a Catholic Priest.
PY5JJ TIL that Major League Baseball is the second-highest-grossing sports league in the world, only slightly behind the NFL