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TIL of Norilsk, the world's northernmost city with over 100,000 habitants, where soil polution is so intense corporations could just start mining it instead of the ore deposits. Temperatures there often reach bellow -25°C (-13°F).

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KYw89 TIL about 11 year old Herman Lehmann, the son of German immigrants, who was captured by the Apaches in central Texas and lived with them for 6 years. He later went on to kill an Apache medicine man to avenge the death of his chief and master and took asylum with the Comanches.
Z8dvB TIL President John Tyler, 10th president of the USA and born in 1790, has 2 living grandsons
M7DRm TIL that Animal Attacks and other related deaths in Yellowstone National Park have been increasing since the 1970s, and are hitting peak levels due to recent mass-increases in Tourism.
MEJb TIL TBS speeds up reruns of Seinfeld (and other shows) for more room to show advertisements
D1xDv TIL in 1970, Billy Joel wrote a suicide note and attempted to commit suicide by drinking furniture polish, stating it looked ‘tastier than bleach’. He later published his suicide note as a song in his first album, “Cold Spring Harbor”. The song would be titled, “Tomorrow is Today.”