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TIL There is a natural nuclear fission reactor that has been operating for about 2 billion years in Oklo

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PYVXg TIL The largest concentration of Indian restaurants outside the Indian Subcontinent is in Manchester, England on Wilmslow Road which is nicknamed “Curry Mile”
groZW TIL the amphibious transport ship USS Somerset is named after Somerset County, PA in honor of the passengers of United Flight 93. The ship's motto is "Let's Roll."
m1O0O TIL the "spots" on a giraffe are actually the yellow part
1al8D TIL : PABLO ESCOBAR'S son says his father "Worked for the CIA selling cocaine"; (The CIA) “were practically his partners,” which allowed Escobar to defy the law, and gave him nearly the same power as a government.; Escobar smuggled 15 Tonnes a day into the USA, Making $420 Million per week.
kOv5g TIL about the worst space related disaster in history. In 1994 China launched an untested rocket which immediately crashed into a nearby village, destroying it--killing hundreds. Officially only 6 died.