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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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DMjV TIL in 1602 The Dutch East India Company undertook the world’s first IPO and, therefore, became the first public company to issue stock.
a88k9 TIL I learned the saying, "Jalisco es México" (Jalisco is Mexico), the motto of the Meixcan state of Jalisco. This phrase references the fact that much of what foreigners associate with Mexico (e.g., mariachi, ranchera music, birria, tequila) originate from Jalisco specifically.
XEm16 TIL Ted Bundy took advantage of an obscure Florida law in court- that a marriage declaration in front of a presiding judge was counted as a legal marriage. As he questioned his girlfriend Carol Ann Boone, he asked her to marry him, and announced they were married to the court when she accepted.
v1NNL TIL Tiffany & Co, a luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, started out as a stationery and fancy goods store
nWlm9 TIL In 1966, the United States Air Force lost 4 hydrogen bombs above Palomares (Spain) after a midair collision. Two of these bombs spreaded radioactive material, including plutonium-239, over a wide area. A large amount of contaminated Spanish soil was removed, packed up, and ship to the US.