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TIL: Spent nuclear fuel has hope of being recycled in the United States again

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WeYA TIL - In 1997, nearly five million bits of ironically “ocean themed” Lego fell into the sea when a huge wave hit a container ship. This sprung up collector groups and the most treasured rare item is the black octopus.
OKZ6 TIL Lay’s WOW chips caused anal leakage in some customers; and Lays were required to put Warnings on their labels because of this.
wk7J TIL the creator of Budweiser had a few drops of the beer placed on the tongues of every one of his newborn sons just hours after birth. They tasted Budweiser before their own mother’s milk.
R7n79 TIL of Stendhal syndrome which is a psychosomatic disorder that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to an experience of great personal significance, particularly viewing art.
5VVP9 TIL of Heinrich Schliemann, an amateur archeologist who located the ancient city of Troy in the 1870s among other feats. Modern archeologists disapprove of his methods - using dynamite to blow up the site and looking through the debris.