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TIL That because of Hiroshima/Nagasaki/Cold War Testing, steel used for radioactive-sensitive purposes must be harvested from pre-WWII naval vessels: modern steel production is all tainted with radioactivity

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YpjB TIL that black people saying “aks” instead of “ask” is a ‘Recency Illusion’: the use of “aks” in place of “ask” dates back to the 1600s and Middle English, and is not a recent development.
ywjp TIL Cartoon Network actually managed to sneak an ad for themselves onto Nickelodeon
9lV6 TIL The US Armed Forces have committed war crimes, as defined by the Geneva Convention, in every single conflict in which they have been involved.
9xBp TIL that the Russian Empire expanded at a rate of 55 square miles a day, for nearly 400 years
ywxv TIL Britian is the only country - other than Iran - to have unelected clerics automatically sitting in the legislature (House of Lords)