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TIL Moscow did not cancel May Parade in Kiev just 4 days after Chernobyl meltdown. Empty reviewing stands prove that even the local party leaders knew the danger, but let the unsuspecting ordinary people absorb the radiation

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VMwpB TIL that during the Cold War, the USSR mapped the entire world to precise detail. The U.S State Department still uses the maps today due to their accuracy.
rRmW4 TIL researchers from Texas State University left a human corpse on a 26-acre woodland site to study how human bodies decompose in the wild. They ended up capturing the first image of a deer eating human remains.
X0X9k TIL that Unicode uses elephants as a baseline comparison for cultural frequency when considering whether to add a new emoji
mYNx TIL The Red Cross sells the blood that people donate
dDYr8 TIL the birds with the largest egg size in relation to their body are Kiwis. Their eggs can weigh up to 1/4 the weight of a female. This places a strain on the body of the female, who has to eat 3 times the normal amount of food. The last few days, her stomach has no room and she is forced to fast