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TIL there is a city in Russia where the pollution is so severe that mining the topsoil is now economically feasible because it contains so many heavy metals.

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97X TIL that crying releases excess stress hormones, thus creating the effect of feeling better after crying.
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Zpx6G TIL that the backup crew for Apollo 12 snuck Playboy pictures into the prime crew’s mission checklist. It also contained geology jokes, such as “observe the protuberances.”
LmvP TIL that Chris Rock faced heat for dropping a truth bomb about Christmas “Now, I don’t know Jesus, but from what I’ve read, Jesus is the least materialistic person to ever roam the Earth. And we turned his birthday into one of the most materialistic day of the year.”
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