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TIL that gifs would load ~8 times faster if we converted them all to HTML5 video

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WkxA4 TIL the infamous "Elephant's Foot", representing a mass of radioactive corium that formed at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, will remain radioactive for 100,000 years.
5YDED TIL that Patrick from Sponge Bob is voiced by the same actor that was M O O N in the Stand.
PGOg TIL that prior to the US dropping the atomic bombs on Japan, the US military dropped 5 million leaflets warning citizens to evacuate major Japanese cities
KOKDJ TIL President George Washington’s step-grandson in law was Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army.
D1y5g TIL that French was the official language of England for about 300 years, from 1066 till 1362.