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TIL: In 1959 there Was a Nuclear Meltdown in Santa Susana, California, Studies Report Elevated Cancer Rates, Cleanup Efforts Have Failed, and Residents Are Still Fighting for Remediation

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rAd1 TIL we could probably kill off all the mosquitoes with minimal permanent ecological damage.
ZnMQ TIL that William Whipple freed his slave because he believed that no man could fight for freedom while holding another in bondage
EG7x TIL when a man came to a clinic with a chronic infection in his left ear, doctors tried everything to help him from antibiotics to ear drops, but nothing worked. Out of desperation, he decided to take earwax from his good ear and place it in his bad one. After two days his infection was cured.
9oRQ TIL That in WWII, the British started bombing fake German wooden airfields with fake wooden bombs that had “Wood for wood” written on them
DQDEJ TIL Apollo astronauts carried up an RPG to the moon and fired it