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TIL the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands. They later cleaned up contaminated soil on Enewetak Atoll, only to later deposit 130 tons of soil from an irradiated Nevada testing site in the same place.

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1ROX TIL The extinct Pyrenean ibex was resurrected by cloning
LkBoP TIL that tens to hundreds of thousands of animals are being slaughtered in Gadhimai festival, known as world's largest animal sacrifice ritual, in Nepal despite ban from the authorities and protests from animal right activists. The scale of the slaughter, however, has decreased sharply over time.
WXRN TIL Only two countries vote every year in the UN to oppose a resolution to lift the US economic embargo and other sanctions against Cuba: The USA and Israel.
6Ep4J TIL that the kings of Spain had bizarre rules of etiquette during the late middle ages. It's no wonder that poor king Philip the third, literally got roasted to death while sitting near the fire because his chamberlain was not present and no one else there dared to reduce the heat out of fear.