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TIL as recently as 2014, almost 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 1 in 3 wild boars in Germany are still too radioactive for humans to consume. In fact, some are more than 15 times the legal limit and the contamination is thought to originate nearly 700 miles away.

9wAjG TIL the Minuteman ICBM had a smaller more portable brother, the Midgetman missile
4kM0g TIL one In Four Animals Known To Science Is A Beetle
rNXl1 TIL Tahiti is the surfing location for the 2024 Paris Olympics
kJxMe TIL that German chocolate cake was invented in Texas
kO77m TIL that the measurement unit “league” was originally defined as the distance you could walk in an hour.