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TIL that in 1963, a man, after knocking down a wall while renevating his house, discovered an enterance to the entire Derinkuyu Underground City located in Turkey

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YBMW TIL The creators of The Lion King originally wanted to reunite Cheech and Chong as the hyenas. Cheech accepted the role but Chong was not available. His role would later be voiced by Whoopi Goldberg
loE1N TIL about Dr Clara Immerwahr, the first woman to get a PhD in Chemistry in Germany in 1900. She assisted with the weaponisation of Mustard gas, which was subsequently used on the frontlines in 1915. During a party to celebrate it's successful use, she committed suicide by shooting herself.
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Rr4l TIL a 13 year old girl and 12 year old boy were both convicted of a sex offense (having consensual sex with each other). They were too young to qualify for romeo and juliet exemption
rRKQy TIL doctors managed to keep Hisashi Ouchi alive for 83 days after he was blasted with 17 sieverts of radiation, the highest recorded dose any human has ever received. Estimated to be the equivalent to the epicenter of the Hiroshima bomb, the radiation annihilated his DNA and immune system.