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TIL Southern California Edison plans to bury 3.6 million pounds of lethal radioactive waste at the closed San Onofre nuclear power plant, about 100 feet from the ocean and just a few feet above the water table.

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OgaL TIL that 90% of polled Native Americans have no problem with the “Redskins” sports team nickname.
LkGDP TIL that the oldest firearms still used by the American military are the M2.50 caliber machine gun and the Colt .45 M1911 pistol. Both were designed by John Browning more than a century ago.
R5NN7 TIL In 2010, the Colombian army created the pop song "Better Days" with a hidden message for Colombian soldiers held captive by FARC guerrillas. Hidden in the chorus is morse code reading "19 people rescued" "You're next" "Don't lose hope". The song was then played on over 130 radio stations.
0k41 TIL that in rural Georgia, there are still “Whites Only” school functions, where non-whites are turned away by the police. In 2013, Wilcox County High School will be having its first integrated prom.
VBdYm TIL that iran once banned the hijab in 1933 to make iranian society more secular this had the opposite effect and led to a uproar of islamic thought in iran it made iranian feel there religion was being attacked it was one of the justification for the iranian revolution.