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TIL over $200 million in gold and silver bullion was recovered from underneath WTC-4 following the September 11th attacks.

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VBPm TIL that 35 million years ago, with the force of millions of nuclear weapons, an asteroid slammed into earth instantly turning the ground below it into diamonds
loYRr TIL lepers lose flesh because of injuries as a result of losing their ability to feel pain
lDaN TIL Elvis Costello was banned from SNL after switching from “Less than Zero” to “Radio, Radio” mid performance. SNL’s producer gave him the finger for the duration of the song.
69p7 TIL that a Uranium deposit in Africa naturally developed criticality and produced fission power for hundreds of thousands of years. It was a “natural nuclear reactor”.
LkoXZ TIL Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was first published as a giveaway for the department store Montgomery Ward in 1939. The story was initially rejected because, in 1930s pop culture, a bright red nose was closely associated with chronic alcoholism and drunkards.