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TIL that Billions of dollar worth of Hidden Treasure (Gold) was discovered at a Indian temple.

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LkRE0 TIL about the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a series of nuclear reactors and processing labs with a history of meltdowns and fires that resulted in radiological releases 25 miles from downtown Los Angeles. The incident in 1959 was so bad they opened control room loading doors to vent contamination.
nNAb TIL Archaeologists found the other half of the Mayan calendar in May
gr8w4 TIL that 3 out of the past 6 U.S. Presidents to die have died in Texas.
b6JmE TIL that the first solo circumnavigation of the Earth wasn't completed until 1898, when Canadian-American sailor Joshua Slocum did it in a small sailboat he rebuilt by hand.
XEjQ6 TIL: The Turkish city of Istanbul used to be called Constantinople