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TIL that the Chernobyl disaster could have been 10x worse and could have affected most of Europe if three volunteer divers didn't drain a pool to prevent a second explosion.

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aPX0 TIL out of the 10,000 members of the Communist Party USA in 1957, 1,500 were FBI informants.
BrrmK TIL Shelley Duvall from the Shining is struggling with mental illness
ZpMgo TIL that gold medal winner Usain Bolt has three children whose names are Saint Leo, Olympia Lighting and Thunder.
dBoQ TIL of superheating, the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its boiling point, without boiling
vPa1R TIL of the Niland brothers, four brothers from New York who fought in World War II. Two died in combat, one survived, and one was believed to be dead but actually survived the war and was held in a Japanese POW Camp in Burma. Their story served as the inspiration for Saving Private Ryan.