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TIL Marie Curie’s research papers are still highly radioactive and to access them you must sign a waiver and wear protective clothing.

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vPvr TIL mirrors are green.
69097 TIL that Keanu Reeves has been secretly funding children's hospitals for years. He reportedly created a private foundation that aids children’s hospitals and cancer research without associating his name with it. "I don't like to attach my name to it, I just let the foundation do what it does."
eARE TIL that “Rubber Duck Debugging” is when a programmer explains code to a rubber duck in hopes of finding a bug.
KOxW6 TIL: The "BookIt!" program still exists and - YES - you can still get free Pizza Hut pizza by reading books.
xrnb TIL that many Jehova’s Witnesses consider Smurfs to be demons and that toys and pictures of Smurfs will come alive to harass families and bite their children at night.