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TIL That Scotland has over 400 words for snow in Gaelic ( Scotland's Native Language)

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dl09 TIL that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was still operational and producing power up until 2000, a full 14 after the infamous reactor 4 meltdown
9w4eB TIL that in American folklore, if you wash your laundry on New Year's Day, someone might die during the year.
RY06 TIL that most of Brent Spiner’s (Data on Star Trek: TNG) fan mail came from women who wrote to his character: “he’s a really accessible personality. He’s vulnerable and innocent, and there’s a feeling that he’s somebody who would be kind.” Some fans could not accept that Spiner was really human.
K0Qa TIL famous gangster Johnny Stompanato stormed onto a movie set in the UK and pointed a gun at actor Sean Connery due to jealousy involved in Stompanato’s affair with Lana Turner, only to have Connery take the gun from him and force him from the movie set.
9YdjG TIL famed fetish cartoonist, Eric Stanton, shared a studio with Spiderman co-creator, Steve Ditko. The two frequently collaborated on fetish comics. Stanton even contributed to the creation of Spiderman, stating in an interview "I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands".