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TIL Picher, Oklahoma is the Most Polluted Place in America From Mining and Industry

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yVrgM TIL that plasma used to cut steel plate is hotter than the surface of the sun.
8NLb TIL that throughout the lifespan of a star, the energy creates 90 natural elements, until it runs out of Helium and creates Iron, which kills the star.
7WEr TIL There is a popular toothpaste in China that is titled “Darlie” and is formerly titled “Darkie”. In Chinese it still literally translates to “black people toothpaste” (黑人牙膏). Its logo is a black man smiling.
xYpw TIL: Courtney Cox (52), Demi Moore (55), and Marisa Tomei (51) are all older than Rue McClanahan of the Golden Girls was (51) when the show started.
e01aL TIL in 1945 a malfunctioning toilet forced a German U-boat to the surface off the coast of Scotland after the commander accidentally let water into the boat that came into contact with batteries causing the boat to fill with chlorine gas. It was promptly attacked and sunk by a British aircraft.