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TIL there is a dialect of German only spoken in Texas

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VMb8k TIL that the original Trefoil ("Radioactive") symbol was replaced by a red, more grotesque version including a skull and crossbones (ISO 21482), after 3 people died when they carried and dismantled a Cobalt-60 radiation source, not recognizing the symbol.
nWkZr TIL that the director of Rebel Without A Cause started 'sleeping with' a 15 year old after catching his 2nd wife in bed with his 13 year old son
awbP0 TIL about Mill Ends Park, the world's smallest park
6EgV7 TIL that Lake Superior has an island which has a lake which has an island which has a pond which has a boulder, which, when the pond floods, becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.
R7eb4 Today I learned about WRLDVW which is a new marketplace where you can buy and sell a limited supply of virtual goods associated with your name or location. For each name and location there are three virtual goods available for sale globally.