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TIL there are fungi that eat radiation growing inside the Chernobyl power plant

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JYeG8 TIL that the photo of Hitler with a gunshot to his forehead is of his double, Gustav Weler. His body was burned outside his bunker along with his wife Eva Braun right after their suicide, and Soviets took the remains for autopsy after exhuming them.
pY4oG TIL About Starlite, an insulator invented by a hairdresser that was said to be able to withstand a laser beam of 10,000 °C and was 90% organic and eatable, but despite even NASA being interested in it, its creator took the formula to his grave.
BrG7K TIL Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison owns a Russian MiG-29. The United States government has reportedly kept Ellison from flying the MiG-29 in America because it's "considered a firearm"
PRbV TIL at a 1984 Queen gig, Freddie Mercury took a nasty fall and hurt his leg midway through the show. After convening with his bandmates, he decided it wouldn’t be fair to fans to end it. In substantial pain, he performed Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You & We Are the Champions seated at his piano.
MrQ8 TIL A guy from a Canadian island has sent over 4,000 messages in a bottle and received a response from 3,100 people all over the world