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TIL that Netflix uses disguised warehouses and unmarked trucks for security purposes.

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nPrG TIL the forests of Chernobyl are not decomposing, making scientists concerned of a possible “nuclear forest fire.”
b9l1Q TIL of the 1948 Donora Death Fog, where a thick toxic smog sickened 7000 people and killed 20 in Donora, PA. The smog originated from a U.S. Steel plant, but they never accepted responsibility.
91oB TIL that in the UK, the opposition is formally called “Her Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition”
Meog7 TIL Moments before taking office, Brazillian president Itamar Franco handed senators a piece of paper on which he had listed his personal net worth and properties. A popular president, his approval rating reached 60 percent and it soared to nearly 80–90 percent at end of term
9Rwr TIL former dictator of Equatorial Guinea Francisco Macias Nguema banned the use of lubricants in Malabo city power plant, saying he could run it using magic. The plant exploded.