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TIL: Scientists used Sunflowers near Chernobyl after the 1986 nuclear accident, to extract radioactive cesium from contaminated ponds nearby. Then again in 2011 at Fukushima to extract radiation from the nearby communities.

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7rpdp TIL the outrage that ensued when gold miners cut down the “Mammoth Tree” at California’s (now) Calaveras Big Trees State Park inspired the national park system over 160 years ago.
5NQD TIL that the terms “hooker” and “sideburns” were popularized and invented respectively during the Civil War. General Joseph Hooker’s army was known to party and hire prostitutes, while General Ambrose Burnside’s facial hair spoke for itself
KON8E TIL your hair will stop growing after a certain point because of these reasons
ly67 TIL In the month before the ancient Olympics no wars were permitted so that spectators could travel from across Greece unharmed,
nXJ9 TIL Indian Removal in America was a larger genocide than the Holocaust