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TIL The Netherlands has nuclear waste facilities that double as art museums

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QJrdd TIL That the Catholic Church basically caused slavery in North America through Spain and Portugal
oR8xE TIL the first ever nuclear meltdown happened in June 1948 at Reactor-A1 (nicknamed Annushka) at the Mayak Complex in Siberia. Annushka would melt down again in July 1948 and March 1949, the latter accident killing at least 173 people.
NXbvN TIL in 1915, a farmer watched his sister make mascara with coal and petroleum jelly and decided he could improve upon the product. He invented a new formula that doesn't cause eye irritation. He named the new company Maybelline after his sister Maybel and the base ingredient Vaseline...
W71E9 TIL about the worst shark attack in recorded history. The U.S.S. Indianapolis sank leaving 900 floating in the water with only 317 surviving. The estimated killed directly by sharks ranges between 36-150 sailors.
QYd9 TIL Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, was given her name for two reasons. The hard consonant “X” allows her to recognize her name easier, and the name “Alexa” is also reminiscent of the Library of Alexandria; as the library was the “keeper of all knowledge”