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TIL environmental activist group Greenpeace once accidentally released a fact sheet which said “In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world’s worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly [FILL IN ALARMIST AND ARMAGEDDONIST FACTOID HERE]”.

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aEaZ TIL researchers surveyed math geniuses now in their 50s who were identified as prodigies in the 1970s. Regardless of work-related gender differences, both men and women overwhelmingly agreed that family was the most important factor required for a meaningful life
4X80R TIL Nero’s Golden Palace was rediscovered during the Renaissance, when a young man tripped, fell down a hole, and found himself in the cavernous, subterranean rooms of Nero’s palace.
R7vPw TIL that the bagpipes are a double reed instrument, using reeds similar to the oboe and bassoon.
9wPOB TIL of the Kodava people of Karnataka, India, who are allowed to carry guns without a license as weapon worship is part of their religion
wV91 TIL people cuddle for a living. For $50 you can cuddle with a professional ‘snuggler’