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TIL: A nuclear physicist describes 7 things you probably didn't know about radioactive fallout from a nuclear bomb

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YpN5P TIL Babe Ruth was the guest of honor at a Harlem fundraiser for the benefit of a local African-American church. Other white celebrities had similarly committed to attend, but only Babe kept his word. He contributed some autographed balls along with twenty bucks out of his pocket
R5RRa TIL Mall walk is an actual sport - Many malls open early so that people may mall walk
R9p1 TIL: The Minnesota historical society is older than the state of Minnesota.
XE04Q TIL that modern fire departments/brigades have their origins from when property-insurance companies had their own fire departments.
4X7mg TIL the world’s tallest cat scratching tower is over 32 ft tall and weighs over 10 tons.