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TIL that Fukushima was ranked the same as Chernobyl in terms of damage/radiation released on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) category 7.

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XEDd6 TIL that “mechanical” prosthetics date back to the 16th century when wounded knights would need mechanical fingers to still grip their swords or lance
kZ4B TIL that in 1961 Belgians, with CIA involvement, ordered the murder of a democratically elected Prime Minister of Congo who just wanted for the Congolese to regain the natural resources still being under foreign control since the colonial times
QNDwd TIL in 1981 a dog won against two humans for honorary mayor of a California town. In response, Chinese newspaper "People's Daily" reported this as an example of the failings of Western democracy
Mwb7 TIL The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to the 6th century BC and it was confirmed by Hellenistic astronomy in the 3rd century BC
ZJE4 TIL that a mongrel Lampo hitch-hiked trains and was taking longer and longer train trips from which he always returned.