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TIL that fallout from nuclear testing has made it possible to carbon date people.

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a8wZL TIL that the Turia river in Valencia was permanently diverted after constant flooding causing damage to surrounding areas, the old riverbed is now a verdant sunken park.
69Gkw TIL that Caesars Palace Casino in Las Vegas is so big that in the early 80s they held several F1 Grand Prix's there.... in the car park.
a8V0b TIL Italian Flagship Re d'Italia was built in NYC in the middle of the American Civil War
YpXJP TIL: Astronaut groupies in Florida were nicknamed "Cape Cookies". Infidelity was rife; wives had to maintain a perfect facade. Only 7/30 astro-marriages in the 60s survived. Alan Shepherd (first american in space), Pete Conrad (3rd man on the moon) and Dick Gordon (Apollo 12) formed the Go-Go crew.
0blL TIL antimatter is the most expensive substance on Earth at $62.5 trillion per gram