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TIL After Chernobyl meltdown, Russian military pilots created rain clouds to protect Moscow from radioactive fallout. British scientist allowed into the area, said that the population in Belarus was exposed to radiation doses 20 to 30 times higher than average as a result of the rainfall

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BgODk TIL that a zoo had fake pandas. Taizhou Zoo of China in 2024 exhibited Chow Chow dogs painted black and white. The zoo said that it had advertised them as "panda dogs" so had not lied: "Normal people dye their hair. Dogs can dye their hair, too".
j6xpn TIL There is a US electric freight railroad in Mason City, Iowa. It operates Baldwin-Westinghouse Steeplecab electric locomotives built in the 1920s, over 100 years ago
QN7xa TIL that some celebrities refuse to sign in blue ink, believing it can be forged more easily. This was historically a thing, but with modern technology, the risk of forgery is not dependent on the ink color, but soley on the quality of the ink and paper used.
mMPP TIL of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Roman Emperor. 563 years ago today, as Ottoman cannons breached the once-mighty Theodosian Walls of Constantinople, he donned the appearance of a common soldier and led his remaining men to one last valiant charge in the name of Rome and their home.
VBMmD TIL Mexico, the cartel called ''Jalisco New Generation'' of the infamous drug kingpin, El Mencho initiates his adepts into cannibalism. Cartel components must first eat the toes and then the hearts of rival cartel members.