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TIL Bela Lugosi, who portrayed Dracula in many films, was actually born in Transylvania

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XEmeD TIL about a couple of guys that stole highly radioactive material from an abandoned hospital (not knowing what it was), thought it was cool since it was glowing, sold it to people, who shared it with friends and family...and well, ended up killing 4 and contaminating 249.
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