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TIL 20% of Belarus’ annual budget is spent on costs associated with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

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xVBAb TIL that in 1946, George Kennan, then USA's deputy head of mission in Moscow, sent a 8000 worded "Long Telegram", which became the basis of US approach towards USSR is the Cold War. He warned US of Kremlin's expansionist dreams, which, if unchecked, would shatter the principals on which US stands.
Z89eR TIL about Minnie Moo a real cow owned by Disney World that had spots that looked like Mickey Mouse
ANPGn TIL that the earliest known physical evidence of tea was discovered in 2016 in the mausoleum of Chinese Emperor Jing of Han in Xi'an, indicating that tea was drunk by Han dynasty emperors as early as the second century BC (2,200+ years ago).
nWddB TIL that NBA player Bill Walton was an uncredited background extra in the 1984 film Ghostbusters
NXBXJ TIL a plane once crashed because a passenger smuggled a crocodile on board