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v1E4K TIL: Scientists used Sunflowers near Chernobyl after the 1986 nuclear accident, to extract radioactive cesium from contaminated ponds nearby. Then again in 2011 at Fukushima to extract radiation from the nearby communities.
XZxP TIL We are living in a modern mass extinction event. Between 1500 and 2009, 875 animals have officially gone extinct, mainly due to human involvement. Undocumented estimates are much higher.
xw95 TIL Americans mostly eat white chicken meat and export the rest to Russia/Asia where dark meat is preferred, so most chickens get split in two and sent around the world.
WkjJL TIL The FBI held a conference with all the top video game devs of the 80's and made them compete to get the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" slogan programmed first. The winner's products would be showcased at an FBI anti-drug press conference.
R5xB8 TIL In 1980, a Seattle businessman opened a sperm bank that only accepted sperm from Nobel laureates or 'accomplished males.' The goal was to produce genetically superior children. Many of the 218 children born under the program have been described as geniuses in a variety of fields.