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TIL that there is still the radioactive part of a nuclear weapon buried in a farm field from a 1961 B52 airplane crash over North Carolina. You can clearly see the Army's easement on satellite photos 35º29'34"N 77º51'31.2"W .

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rNmew TIL Neil Young and Charles Manson were pals and made music together. Neil thought his songwriting was real good and he once gave him a motorcycle as a present
9YeB6 TIL That fungi are growing on the walls of Chernobyl's ruined nuclear reactor. They seem to absorb radiation and convert it into chemical energy for growth.
p8P6p TIL The French government bombed and sunk a Greenpeace ship while it was harboured at Auckland, New Zealand. A photographer was killed, and two French agents were apprehended.
awxVo TIL of the 2003 Monkeypox Outbreak, in which there were no documented human-to-human transmissions. Instead, all 71 afflicted parties got infected from prairie dogs. The prairie dogs were likely infected by Gambian pouched rats while they were housed at the same Illinois exotic pet store.
41gw TIL that it is a myth your metabolism slows with age. The reason you tend to gain weight is a decrease in physical activity over time.