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TIL fungi that feed on radiation have developed in the Chernobyl area.

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5Vda9 TIL that Stuart Anders, the inventor of the slap bracelet, donated 200 of his original bracelets called the "Slap Wrap" to Florida elementary school students after they were given a Chinese knockoff brand which had inappropriate pictures printed on the metal beneath the bracelets' cloth wrapping.
JwEk TIL The longest jail sentence handed down in the United States was 11,200 years, with charges ranging from rape, to kidnapping, larceny, and robbery.
4XOO6 TIL of Mary Babnik Brown, who donated her 34" untreated hair to the United States military during WWII after they determined that blonde hair that had never been treated or exposed to heat was the most resilient material to use as the crosshairs in bomb sights.
xJyo TIL African slave ownership was common enough among Native Americans that many slaves were forced to walk the Trail of Tears with their Cherokee masters
RBm7 TIL Roller Coaster Tycoon Was Programmed By One Person, Using Assembly.