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TIL that in 2016, Kanye was busted pirating editing software from torrent site Pirate Bay.

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e0ymn TIL in 1952, a nuclear reactor in Canada had a partial meltdown. American and Canadian service personnel disassembled the reactor a few minutes at a time to limit radioactive exposure. Jimmy Carter was one of the Americans. His experience led him to cease development of the neutron bomb as POTUS.
W71xd TIL that excess human food is harmful to wildlife. So we can't just dump all the leftovers into a forest or something and let them do whatever with it, choosing landfills and even poisoning supermarket dumpsters instead...
xb9g TIL that the missing airplane is the 404th boeing 777 2H6ER to be made therefore it is the “404 not found”
Oo1ba TIL in the 18th century, some toilet bowls or chamber pot holders were constructed to look like a book or pile of books from the outside, in order to camouflage them. One such "book" has "Histoire des Pays Bas" (History of the Netherlands/Lower Lands) on its spine, a reference to its intended use
kn1E TIL A golden temple in India feeds thousands of people who show up randomly regardless of race, religion and class.