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TIL there is a “troll factory” in Russia where people are paid to spread pro-Russian posts in social networks

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8aBxK TIL about Clarence Dally, perhaps the first person to die of man-made radiation in 1904. He was an assistant to Thomas Edison on a new x-ray machine. He had to have both of his hands amputated but eventually died from cancer. Edison refused to work with x-rays ever again.
OEx6 TIL that after the Tienanmen Square Massacre, the Chinese government billed the families of the protesters for the cost of the bullets used to kill their loved ones.
YDJd TIL there was a ship that hit a shoal, then ran aground. Its lifeboat’s engine failed. The first ship that tried to help it also ran aground, then a rescue aircraft tried to land on the nearby coast but dug into the dirt. Four days later, it was fixed, took off, then crashed again 43 minutes later.
vPGXr TIL on June 29, 2021 the village of Lytton, B.C. set the all-time high temperature in Canada at 121.3°F (49.6°C). The next day, a fire destroyed 90% of the village, killing 2 people.
LQ08Z TIL It is a Federal Crime to make an unreasonable gesture in passing to a horse on Federal Land