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TIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core.

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ndaY TIL Bill Watterson was thinking of allowing his famous Calvin and Hobbes comic strip to be animated, as he admired animation as an art, but decided against it once he realized he didn’t want to hear Calvin’s voice.
a8BBJ TIL Jews comprise nearly 1/5th of NYC's population, with Judaism being the second most-practiced religion in the city
N7PlN TIL that actor Jason Mantzoukas (Dennis Feinstein in Parks & Rec) has a life threatening allergy to eggs. Even a trace amount of egg will cause him to have a severe reaction. Once, while on set, he had to be taken to the hospital because of undisclosed egg whites in a parfait he ate.
4XnAw TIL The American soldiers guarding Saddam Hussein grew to have an attachment to him. At his execution, they were distraught, feeling like they betrayed and murdered a close friend or family member.
1QgP TIL That Software Patches are called such because programmers would use tape to physically patch over punch holes on punchcard cards.