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TIL that the first US nuclear reactor is buried outside of Chicago.

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1ErP TIL of Kim Gwang Suk, a North Korean gymnast who competed at the Barcelona Olympics; her age was given as 17, but she was missing her front teeth and may have been as young as 10. Aside from an Olympic torch relay, her subsequent life and whereabouts are unknown.
Bgypy TIL that, prior to 1968, the only way to get a divorce in Canadian provinces with no divorce law was to apply to the Canadian federal Parliament for a divorce through an Act of Parliament.
mxkgx TIL in 1961 Judy Garland became the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her LIVE recording, "Judy at Carnegie Hall", and in 1962, at the age of 39, she became the first woman (and youngest person ever) to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in film.
L0Vp TIL a microbiologist named Maurice Hilleman developed eight of the fourteen vaccines that are now routinely administered. He is credited with saving more lives than any other scientist of the 20th century.
9YpaQ TIL Melanie Martinez had her home destroyed four times by Hurricane: Betsy (1965), Juan (1985), George (1998), and Katrina (2005). The reality TV show "Hideous Homes" gave her home a $20,000 remodeling, only to have it destroyed again by Hurricane Issac in 2012.