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TIL drones are banned in Tokyo because some dude landed one with radioactive material on the roof of the prime minister’s office

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v16YR TIL that the smallest acting democracy in the world is that of the Pitcairn Islands, currently at a population count of 50 residents, who are descendants of a small collection of mutinous British sailors and Tahitian guests.
G64 TIL that Christopher Lloyd was only 47 when he played the role of Doc Brown.
woXJ6 TIL that Three Mile Island Unit 2 initially came online on March 28th, 1978 (the same day as the accident in the following year), but one of it's coolant pumps failed, so the operators postponed its commission until December 30th.
xVEko TIL The maximum amount of money you can win in a single game of Jeopardy is $566,400.
ao1Z TIL during the Nazi regime, not a single person who purchased a Volkswagen Beetle actually received it.