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TIL in 1954 the obninsk nuclear power plant near Moscow was connected to the electrical grid, becoming the world's first nuclear power plant to produce electricity industrially.

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JYKm8 TIL that it wasn’t until 1935 that a manufacturer was able to promise “splinter-Free Toilet Paper.”
b9paE TIL that Joseph Stalin was a huge fan of John Wayne and his movies, but considered having him assassinated for his outspoken anti-communist politics.
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