# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1)

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**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674 "2020-04-13T03:19:22Z")
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#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/5390 "2022-10-19T14:08:18Z")

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Radioactive waste from WWII weapons production has closed an elementary school in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

> **[Missouri elementary school found to have 'unacceptable' levels of radioactive...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/18/us/radioactive-school-missouri-coldwater-creek-closed/index.html)**
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> An elementary school outside St. Louis found to have "unacceptable" levels of radioactive contamination will be closed for the rest of the semester, with students shifting to virtual learning starting Monday, the school board announced.

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