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TIL that besides Chernobyl and Fukushima, there was a Soviet nuclear disaster that happened on 1957. The Kyshtym Disaster. Death toll is estimated to be at 50 to more than 8,000. The CIA knew about it but covered it up to prevent panic affecting their own nuclear plants.

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Zp94D TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue.
l774G TIL Sake is more like beer than wine. Beer = water, yeast, hops, malted grain. Sake = water, yeast, rice fermented by Koji fungus (same stuff that turns soybeans into miso)
BPGD TIL Tim Mcllrath, the lead singer of the band Rise Against, originally wanted their future hit single “savior” cut from the album. He was overruled and the song currently holds the record for for longest time spent on the billboard alternative songs chart at 65 weeks.
Aexw TIL - Heinz ketchup has the number 57 on it just because H.J. Heinz thought it was luckier than 60 which was the number of varieties of their products at the time.
BmRK TIL that the interior of the Skylab space station was so enormous that astronauts could get “stuck” in the middle, and had to either try and “swim” or wait for air currents to blow them back to a wall.