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TIL that The Great Lakes are 21% of the worlds fresh water supply and that Ontario Power Generation is planning to bury radioactive nuclear waste one mile away.

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PYApO TIL 'The Wizard of Oz' saved the lives of the "munchkins." In 1938, the Nazis plan was "exterminating undesirables," including those born with a physical impairment. Landing their roles allowed them to escape Nazi Germany and come to US. They couldn't speak english; their voices are someone else's.
W7vQL TIL in the summer of 1977, New Yorkers turned the surrounding area around the Twin Towers into a makeshift beach using dirt excavated for the construction of the original World Trade Center.
jOop TIL there’s a water reservoir in space that is 100,000 times more massive than our sun containing 140 trillion times more water than the oceans
0w6Y1 TIL blue M&M food dye reduces paralysis from spinal injuries - but turns you blue
7Gyb TIL A U.S. infantryman named Bill Millin stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day playing bagpipes. German snipers didn’t shoot him because they thought he was insane.