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TIL that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant generated electricity until December 2000, when reactor 3 was finally shut down.

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vadj TIL that Galaxy Quest was ranked #7 on a list of the best Star Trek Films as voted by Trek Con-Goers.
1PJ7 TIL the Eruption of Krakatoa was so loud, it was heard over 3000 miles away, the equivalent of hearing a sound from Ireland while you’re in Boston. It also ruptured the eardrums of sailors over 40 miles away, killed over 36 thousand due to the eruptions and subsequent tsunamis.
9wvbG TIL there are fungus that mimic flowers! 23 minutes deep in video.
gMAx9 TIL that the final words of President Antonio José de Sucre were: “F*ck, a bullet wound!” He’d been shot while riding in a jungle in Colombia. He was said to have been an educated gentleman who had never cursed until that day.
WkNbL TIL a man found a copy of the declaration of independence in an old picture frame he bought for $4 at a yard sale. It turned out to be a first print from the 4th July 1776. It later sold for $2.42 million, then $8.14 million.