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TIL about the Bhopal Disaster, a chemical leak from a pesticide plant in India that killed and injured more people than Chernobyl.

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v1lYr TIL Anchorites took their religious devotion to extreme levels, vowing to remain walled into a cell for the rest of their lives. This mostly happened to the Middle Ages, but also in modern times, some chose the life of an anchorite.
4krE5 TIL that Gracie Allen (comedienne and wife of George Burns) ran for President of the USA in 1940 on the Surprise Party ticket
JYG0j TIL that the Gorkhas, soldiers native to the Kingdom of Gorkha, present-day Nepal, are well known for their fearlessness and combat prowess. They wield the signature Khukuri knife, a forward-curving traditional Nepali knife. In WWII, they fought with Allies against Axis powers in Asia and Europe.
YpLax TIL the secular holiday Festivus was not invented for Seinfeld. It was created in the mid sixties by author Daniel O'Keefe as a way of rejecting the commercialism of Christmas with his family. His son later was a writer for Seinfeld and introduced his family's tradition.
xn6w TIL that goldfish can live beyond 20 years if you take good care of them. The oldest goldfish on record was 43 years.