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TIL 60 years after the Nuclear Testing at Bikini Atoll, the sunken wrecks of warships are now alive with new life and Coral Reefs

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1amd7 TIL the baby from the first-ever "gender reveal party" is non-conforming, and the mom wishes the trend never caught on
d8mjQ TIL Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade was invented for the James Bond film "Spectre" and then adopted by the city so tourists wouldn't be disappointed.
x67V5 TIL Dog Dancing from King of the Hill is real and it’s an international competition that takes place at the world's preeminent dog dancing stage, Crufts dog show, in Birmingham, England.
KY6nE TIL that during a meeting between Grover Cleveland and James Roosevelt, Cleveland said to Roosevelt's accompanying son, Franklin, “My little man, I am making a strange wish for you; that you may never be president of the United States.” The young Franklin Roosevelt became President 45 years later.
e07Yk TIL that the famous mime Marcel Marceau was part of the French Resistance to the Nazi occupation during World War II. He saved hundreds of Jewish children in hiding by teaching them to communicate in mime, so they could converse silently. Marceau eventually got them to safety to Switzerland.