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TIL there are molds growing inside the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant that “feed” on gamma radiation

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nerM7 TIL While Leon Trotsky was returning to Russia after the Communist Revolution he was arrested and detained in Nova Scotia for a month. His revolutionary speeches were so popular that when he was banned from speaking, 500 prisoners signed a petition. The whole cell block cheered when he was released.
dDa6j TIL that Henry VIII kept an African grey parrot who amused itself by calling the boatman across the water to the palace, who was then paid for his efforts
VMr58 [TIL] How to create your own Text to Speech Converter in python.
BgavW TIL Studies have shown that insects feel "emotion" in a similar manner to mammals
KYlpw TIL that the guillotine has been used in North America. In 1889, someone was executed with it in the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It had to be shipped in.