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TIL that in the 1960s, the US roasted a 1440-acre swath of Wisconsin forest with ~10,000 curies of radiation for 6 months in order to determine how it affected the area. Most of the damage was confined to the area directly adjacent to the source, and the area is completely non-hazardous today.

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R58gl TIL that NBA star Stephen Curry and his father Dell Curry (former NBA player) have the same full name. They're both "Wardell Stephen Curry" (though the father takes the "Sr." suffix and Steph takes "II").
0W1R TIL that tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, after water, with more consumed than coffee, soft drinks and alcohol combined.
AWo TIL from Planned Parenthood that withdrawal (Pull out Method) is 96% effective
Zjev TIL that nine-banded armadillos consistently give birth to identical quadruplets. Only one egg is ovulated and then the embryo splits four ways.
6E5o8 TIL Cornelius Vanderbilt was the richest man in the world with net worth of US $215 billion (inflation-adjusted 2016). In comparison Jeff Bezos's net worth is US$137 billion (January 2019). By a 1973 family reunion, not one of the 120 Vanderbilt descendants present was a millionaire.