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TIL that Bikini atoll, the place where Bikini Bottom was named after, was declared a nuclear wasteland after the US dropped 23 bombs in the 1950s. However scientists have found thriving life in the center of it all, with evidence that life restarted a mere 10 years after the bombings.

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KK6Q TIL of Ben Holmes, who faked his own death in 1980 to avoid being framed for arson, and was shot by his wife twenty years later when he confronted her for marrying another man.
PY6EO TIL Rachele Mussolini had five children with the Italian dicatator, some of them living to old age in the 1990s. After the war, Rachele Mussolini ran a restaurant in her native village of Predappio, where she served pasta dishes
ANKVg TIL one of the first legal documents outlining the existence of limited liability companies was drafted in 1455: A venetian sued the Medici branch of Bruges for a defective shipment. The defendant succesfully argued that the only liable party was the London branch, which sold him the shipment
ZpMkQ TIL of Percy Ross, best known for his column, 'Thanks a Million' which ran in over 800 publications. He gave away his fortune, an estimated $20 to $30 million over a period of 17 years. Newspapers called him, “America’s Rich Uncle.” He died in 2001 at age 84, relatively unknown, just as he wished.
m15Yx TIL that German law imposes a duty upon everyone to provide aid or assistance to people who are injured. Three people were prosecuted and fined for failing to provide assistance to a man who collapsed in a bank and later died.