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TIL the largest nuclear disaster in the U.S. was at Santa Susana Field Laboratory in CA and it released 240 times the amount of radiation than the incident at Three Mile Island

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nWyWo TIL there’s an energy drink called “Cocaine”, released in 2006 and banned 6 months later. Online sales of Cocaine then quadrupled. Redux Beverages rebranded “Cocaine” to “No Name” to get around a temporary ban. The name was changed back in February of 2008, and Cocaine can be bought today online.
v1eoL TIL that hermit crabs sometimes form a line from biggest to smallest. When the biggest crab upgrades to a bigger shell each crab then swaps shells until every crab has upgraded.
yobJ TIL there is a company that sells fully functional battle-mechs…
wLnjW TIL that when France colonized Madagascar, Queen Ranavalona III was exiled to Algeria, where she lived a modest life and volunteered for the Red Cross during World War I.
W7Ad4 TIL migraines remains second among the world’s causes of disability, and first among young women