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TIL that the earth can create natural nuclear fission reactors under its crust. The only one we currently know of is located in Gabon, Africa.

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XXg8 TIL Grand Central Station in NYC is radioactive due to the natural radioactive elements found in the granite used in its construction. If Grand Central Station were a nuclear power plant, it would be shut down for exceeding the maximum allowable annual dose of radiation for employees.
V5R8 TIL that in 2013, California shut down an elder care facility but didn’t relocate the residents before the owners stopped operations. The janitor and cook stayed behind, unpaid, to give around-the-clock care to 16 patients for two days.
P1ERw TIL The average cost per barrel of oil in the 727 million barrel Strategic Reserve is $29.70
189r TIL that the NYS Teacher of the Year (and 3x NYC Teacher of the Year) in ‘91 Quit Teaching bc He said Public Schools “hurt kids to make a living.”
Zpj0Q TIL that Venus, despite not being the closest planet to the sun, is the hottest.