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TIL When the USA decommissions a nuclear submarine, the reactor compartment will end up in a special submarine graveyard. It’s an open trench meant to be visible for treaty verification by satellite.

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4XGXg TIL the United States still possesses chemical weapons, including 1673 tons of mustard gas. They are set to be destroyed by 2024.
4AR TIL that under the qui tam provisions of the false claims act, you can file lawsuits on behalf of the federal government for medicare fraud and you get to keep 15-30% of the final settlement.
WkPy9 TIL The Brothers Grimm, being from a lower class, were excluded from university admission & tuition aid due to being poor. But upon publishing their 1st volume of 86 folk tales, they received honorary doctorate degrees from universities in Berlin, Marburg, & Wrocław.
N7lkQ TIL some zoos in Japan do annual escaped animal drills
VM4K0 TIL in 1869 there was a movement to make St. Louis, MO the nation's capital.