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TIL nuclear weapons testing artificially altered the proportion of the carbon isotopes in the atmosphere, making radiocarbon dating after 1945 likely to be unreliable.

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4XWN6 TIL that the Black Sabbath hit "Fairies wear boots" is not in fact about Fairies, but about Skinheads
QJYba TIL about the Satanic Panic, a late 20th century period of religious paranoia which resulted in the wrongful imprisonment of dozens of individuals.
X05YE TIL, rapper Otherwize defeated Eminem at the 97’ Rap Olympics, his prize was $500 & a Rolex watch. The watch was stolen the same night and he blew his winnings at a bar
MeG6m TIL That Gmail launched on April 1st, 2004. Offering 1 gigabyte of storage - 500 times what Yahoo offered - it was assumed by many to be a hoax.
oRvX8 TIL Apple created a custom mouse colloquially nicknamed 'the hockey puck', that lasted for only two years, 1998-2000, before it was discontinued in favor of a more traditional shape. It is considered one of Apple's more notorious flops.