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TIL there's plastic in my blood. A lot of it.

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ZpM5o TIL that the Italian city of Naples was not founded by the Romans, but was founded by the Greeks in 600 BCE; its original name was Neopolis ("New City").
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ADnY7 TIL: The beaches of Guarapari in Brazil are naturally radioactive. The beaches contain high levels of monzite, which contain uranium and thorium The background radiation is 161 times the background for most places in the U.S. For daily beach goers, this amount is well-above safe levels.
GlBg TIL that the white guy from the iconic 1968 Olympic Black Power salute was shunned by his home country, Australia, and wasn’t even allowed to participate at the 2000 Sydney Games