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TIL the Chicago Sun-Times bought and and ran a bar to show and uncover corruption.

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gr8J9 TIL in 1952, Jimmy Carter led a team of nuclear scientists in disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor undergoing meltdown. To accomplish this, Carter, alongside other American military personnel, personally lowered himself into the reactor to disassemble it by hand.
Oj51 TIL that an arm of the Republican Party got “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repealed.
e0kQb TIL Lloyd Robertson is the longest-serving network news anchor in television history!
jAlE TIL that Aubrey Plaza (April from Parks and Recreation) had a stroke when she was 20 years old.
VMKbB TIL of Poe's Law: Without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views that can't be mistaken for a sincere expression of said extreme views.