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TIL 2 billion years a natural nuclear reactor existed in Gabon, and it is the only natural reactor we know the existence of today

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OD71 TIL 666 is the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel
GYpwj TIL that in 1961 JRR Tolkien was rejected by Nobel Prize committee because The Lord Of The Rings had 'not in any way measured up to storytelling of the highest quality'.
GAGdQ TIL that human teeth are the only part of the body that cannot repair themselves.
neVKP TIL In the 1950s and 60s, a Montreal hospital subjected psychiatric patients to electroshocks, drug-induced sleep and huge doses of LSD on behalf of the CIA's pursuit of mind control. It was part of MK ultra
QJvKd TIL Baby Corn is Just Regular Corn That is Harvested Before it Has A Chance to Mature