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TIL you can pay to bathe in radioactive water in Japan

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nWy9r TIL the idea of a "World Turtle" is centuries old, inspiring the Discworld novel series, as well as the phrase "turtles all the way down"
9Yjor TIL that so many people around the world still use Kerosene lamps because they don't have electricity that they consume about the same amount of Kerosene as the US uses in jet fuel (which is essentially also Kerosene)
b6lDE TIL some weather balloon instrument packages contain prepaid mail bags, so if you find them you can post them back to the National Weather Service!
QJN7p TIL about Vardavar: an Armenian festival during which people spend a day throwing water on each other.
wgE6 TIL In 2011, NASA’s Terra satellite spotted a 150km-wide whirlpool in the S. Atlantic. It stood out because it was glowing.