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TIL that the Chernobyl Power Plant continued operating and producing electricity until 2000, 14 years after the Chernobyl disaster.

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Q0ma TIL North Korea is manufacturing and distributing meth amphetamine; in the country itself it is used as a substitute for medicine
jN8nQ TIL about USS William D Porter, the unluckiest Ship, accidentally fired a live torpedo towards a ship carrying FDR.
8aA1X TIL that until 1953, New York City had a pneumatic tube mail network that spanned 27 miles and connected 23 post offices. At its peak, the system moved 95,000 letters a day.
e0eRL TIL in the 1900s Doctors warned women that riding a bicycle may cause them to acquire "bicycle face"
a8YOA TIL of RAS syndrome, the act of appending a word to the end of an abbreviated term that already exists at the tail of it. e.g. ATM (automated teller machine) machine, PIN (personal identification number) number and amusingly, RAS (redundant acronym syndrome) syndrome