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TIL a firefighter at Chernobyl, Vladimir Pravik, reportedly had his eye colour change from brown to blue from the immense dose of radiation he recieved

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kBxm TIL Nelson Mandela was a heavyweight boxer in his younger years. He continued to train while he was in prison.
d8peQ TIL there are two golf balls lying on the moon. Alan Shepard shot them with his modified 6-iron on Apollo 14 mission in February 1971.
nZNd TIL that a garbage man won $14.4 million in the lottery, spent it all on massive drug use, gaudy golden jewelry and prostitutes. Now he works Cookie Factory.
6EVLw TIL Turks and Caicos, a Caribbean island country, has openly flirted with the idea of joining Canada as a province, with 90% support of the island's population at one point. Canada has shied away from accepting the offer due to socio-economic reasons, but has never said no.
GAG0E TIL six of the nine deadliest tornadoes in history took place in Bangladesh.