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TIL: That none of the three "suicide squad divers" in Chernobyl died from acute radiation syndrome (ARS). As of 2015, it was reported that both Alexei Ananenko and Valeri Bespalov were alive and well. Boris Baranov, passed away in 2005 of a heart attack.

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QbD6 TIL that Albert Einstein wrote an essay in praise of socialism, attacking capitalist society.
7r4A7 TIL Robinhood was charged by SEC with misleading retail customers on revenue sources and failing to satisfy best trade execution (not finding customers best price for their trade)
pK4p TIL in 2015 people spent more money at restaurants than on groceries for the first time ever according to the United States Commerce Department.
Brkky TIL of the 1993 Storming of Kempton Park World Trade Centre, when more than 3,000 far-right paramilitaries stormed the venue where multi-party negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa were being held.
9Yjbp TIL a Japanese man noticed food disappearing in his fridge so he set up a security camera and found out there was a homeless woman living in the top compartment of his closet and been there for more than a year.