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TIL Cannabis plants (and corn and sunflower) are being used to decontaminate the radioactive soil around Chernobyl.

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jvpj TIL when asked if Bert and Ernie’s characters were gay, Sesame Street President Gary Knell replied “They are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”
xVQyB TIL dyes leech off your clothing!
BgxkD TIL in 2007, North Korea accused Finland of human rights violations after tear gas was used on North Korean diplomats who refused to cooperate with Finnish customs officials on a train from Moscow to Helsinki.
N7WGN Today I Learned that there will be a Red Nova in our skies in 2022. This will be the first Nova we can see with the naked eye in decades.
GAYEj TIL about the Pirate Tower of Victoria Beach, a stone tower located near Laguna Beach CA. One of its owners, a retired sea captain used to dress up like a pirate and hold scavenger hunts for local children leading to legends that he had hidden his money somewhere in the tower.