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TIL the power plants at Chernobyl didn't stop producing power for Ukraine till 2000. 14 years after the biggest nuclear disaster ever creating a 1000 sq mile exclusion zone.

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j6ZmE TIL about Eosinophilic esophagitis, or EOE - a common condition that leads to difficulty swallowing or food getting stuck in the esophagus due to a buildup of white blood cells. Thought to be an immune response to allergens or acid reflux, it is only recently becoming more well understood.
N7lQb TIL about George Wilson, convicted of robbing the US mail, turned down a pardon from Andrew Jackson. He was later hanged.
GADLG TIL The FitnessGram PACER Test maxes out 247 laps. The only person to ever reach 247 laps was middle school student Dennis Mejia in 2016
nbPY TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger once said “Money doesn’t make you happy. I now have $50 million, but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.”
4kvaX TIL that the leading cause of death around the globe is coronary artery disease, which occurs when the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart become narrowed