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TIL about Bhopal, the 33 yr old site of the worst industrial accident in history. Never being addressed, the site is still actively killing people to this day.

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1pmV TIL: Whiskey with an “e” comes from Ireland whilst Whisky without an “e” come from Scotland and Canada.
ZpaeQ TIL a KGB agent named Albrecht Dittrich spied on America, in America, for nearly 10 years, was discovered, and was allowed to remain in the USA with the FBI agent who caught him becoming his best friend.
X0E0D TIL who Hattie Alexander was. An early pioneer in DNA research, her groundbreaking work on influenzal meningitis significantly reduced infant death rates and advanced the field of microbiological genetics. In 1964 she was the first woman to be elected president of the American Pediatric Society.
GY7mE TIL of Cannibal Island - a small island in Siberia where the Soviet Union forcibly deported 6,000 citizens. They were abandoned with few supplies and only flour for food. Disease and cannibalism quickly ran rampant and after 13 weeks, 2/3 of the original deportees were dead.
5POp TIL, the movie line, “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain,” delivered by replicant Roy Batty as he neared the end of his life in the movie Blade Runner, were improvised by actor Rutger Hauer.