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TIL - It took more than 24 years for the radioactivity from the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant accident to clear from Scotland's sheep herds.

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6EbMW TIL about Charlie Faust, who joined the New York Giants in 1911 after a fortuneteller said he'd lead them to the World Series, though he was no athlete. The Giants won the pennant that year and started 54-11 in 1912 before releasing Faust, who was later diagnosed with dementia and died in 1915.
O6L4 TIL Maleficent wasn’t originally in Sleeping Beauty. The girl fell asleep due to a splinter. After, her grieving father abandons her in the house. A King finds and rapes her, then also abandons her. While unconscious, she gives birth to twins who wake her. The King returns later and they marry.
vP5Rj TIL that the oldest penis graffiti/carvings was found on the limestone cliffs of a remote Greek island of Astypalaia. The graffiti also includes the phrase "Nikasitimos was here mounting Timiona."
VBpMD TIL that Stockard Channing, who played Rizzo in Grease, was actually 33 years old when she portrayed a high school student.
QJaZe TIL as steel wires in tires become magnetized with use, rotating tires create a magnetic field.