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TIL that a 2-billion-year-old natural nuclear reactor was discovered in Africa, which operated for over 500,000 years.

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ep7Rb TIL that Malaysian kingship rotates every five years and that it has an elective monarchy
Jjyv TIL that no one knows what the Greeks called themselves. “Greek” was simply a name the Romans called them for their surrounding geological location.
9wQV7 TIL the Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894 refers to a supposed newspaper article that said because of horses, in "50 years, every street in London will be buried under nine feet of manure." It's an analogy for how new technologies (in this case cars) can take care of problems that seemed unsolvable.
X5MP TIL that rats will help out a comrade in need. Through testing a two rats, one restrained and one free, researchers found that rats experience emotion beyond emotional contagion. Even going as far to conquer their immobilizing fear and helping another rat in distress.
KYJWB TIL that the over the 4 days of the assassination and funeral of JFK, was the longest uninterrupted media coverage until September 11, 2001.