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TIL Russia was founded by swedish vikings.

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grBYy TIL the "Elephant's Foot" mass of radioactive material beneath the Chernobyl disaster was so dense that they needed to use armor-piercing rounds fired from an AK-47 rifle to break off samples.
BryRd TIL only five percent of Americans ages 35-44 think they will die before reaching the age of 65 when in reality the typical 35-year-old male has a 17.5 percent chance of dying before age 65.
DQ1Jv TIL there is a Westinghouse atom smasher rotting away in PA
l7v1G TIL There is a village populated almost entirely by realistic dolls in Japan.
5XGQ TIL the total compensation of the top nine Apple executives in 2011 is the same as the total compensation of 95,000 Chinese factory workers making Apple products