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TIL that there's a Fungi that absorbs radiation and is feeding on the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant.

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awbW9 TIL of Judy Buenoano aka 'Black Widow'. She had been convicted of poisoning her husband with arsenic, drowning her son, and attempting to kill her fiancé with a car bomb. In 1998, she was the first woman to be executed in the state of Florida since 1848
OGJpa TIL: In 1912, a ship carrying Christmas trees was wrecked, killing all those onboard. Since then, stories of a ghostly Christmas Tree Ship began and the area became a tourist attraction with a museum containing parts of the ship. The trees were meant to be sold for between 50 cents and a dollar.
7rkar TIL that "sleepunders" are a thing. Kids arrive already in pajamas and do sleepover activities, but everyone leaves before bedtime.
8a64b TIL Mad Magazine was threatened with a lawsuit after their parody of The Empire Strikes Back. The matter was dropped after Mad publisher Bill Gaines sent the lawyers a copy of a letter from George Lucas praising the satire
Brbgr TIL that in spite of there being no statues or memorials of Lincoln in the 11 states to start fighting for the Confederacy, there is a memorial to three Confederate generals built of the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's death