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TIL there were people who 'danced themselves to death' in 1518

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nejg9 TIL two men broke into an abandoned hospital and stole a radioactive component of a teletherapy machine for scrap value. Over the next few days, they worked tirelessly to pry it open. Ultimately, 4 people were killed, and 249 others tested positive for high levels of radiation exposure.
E1Zwo TIL that a German landlord once evicted a tenant without notice for spreading Surströmming (Swedish fermented herring) brine in the building's stairwell. When taken to court, it was ruled that the eviction was justified when the landlord opened a can of the fish inside the courtroom.
d8wXr TIL the color used for cigarette packaging in Australia is called "Pantone 448 C", it was chosen after researchers determined that it is the "world's least attractive color."
ADdEa TIL Justin Yifu Lin, a former Taiwanese military officer who defected to Mainland China in 1979 to pursue his ambitions. He studied at Peking University and the University of Chicago, became Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank. Now, he is still a wanted criminal of taiwan.
XXYE TIL there’s a lot of plastic trash in the ocean. We dumped about five shopping bags full of plastic for every foot of coastline in the world in 2010 alone.