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TIL that halfway between the U.S. and Australia, there is a concrete sarcophagus called the Runit Dome. Essentially an American version of the Chernobyl sarcophagus, constructed to deal with lingering radioactivity within the Enewetak Atoll, site of 111,000 cubic yards of irradiated debris.

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1DoX TIL when Alexander the Great asked the philosopher Diogenes why he was sifting through the garbage, Diogenes responded,“I am looking for the bones of your father but I cannot distinguish them from the bones of his slaves.”
9oxm TIL of the term OOPart (Out-of-place artifact) which refers to an artifact of historical, archaeological, or paleontological interest found in an unusual context, that challenges conventional historical chronology by being “too advanced” for the level of civilization that existed at the time.
0yjv TIL that the serving sizes on food labels in the US are not the recommended healthy portion sizes but rather the amount customarily consumed by Americans as determined through sampling taken in the 1970s and 80s.
5gMk TIL That Sir Isaac Newton died a virgin at the age of 84
JYRMm TIL that Jerry Sigel, the creator of Superman, was Jewish, and that the Superman story is full of Jewish metaphor.