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TIL: The US dropped a total of 67 nuclear bombs on the Marshall Islands

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Bx6L TIL there is a waterfall known as “The Devil’s Kettle” where the water vanishes in a pothole, people have thrown dyes, logs and other things into it and have been unable to find where it goes.
awMMM TIL after the Ku Klux Klan successfully fought to sponsor a portion of a freeway in Missouri in 2001, the state legislature fought back by renaming the road after civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
w6lo TIL that an anti-piracy firm Prenda Law has been seeding and uploading movies that they have bought rights to, to bait torrent downloaders and make them pay-out-of-court damages.
epwyD Today I learned that people with poor eyesight tend to be more intellectually inclined.
Yp6GB TIL about Chronic Wasting Disease, a contagious disease that infects the brains of deer, elk, and other ruminants. It causes weight loss, confusion, tremors, and is always fatal. Found in at least 24 states, scientists are unsure whether it can transfer to humans via contact or meat consumption.