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TIL Czech slave laborers during WWII put notes instead of explosives in the anti-aircraft shells they were forced to manufacture.

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Zpeyp TIL of ray cat, a proposed kind of cat that would be genetically engineered to glow in the presence of nuclear radiation to act as a long-term nuclear warning. This is done by inventing traditions of folklore which spread the idea that people should flee when a cat changes color
rN1n1 TIL on our billions years old planet, trees have only been around for 400M years. For the first 40M bacteria, fungus, mold, yeast, and animals had NFI what to do with them. So trees just got old and fell over. 40M years of perfectly fine baseball bats and chesterfields just laying around the place.
ep94n TIL that unprotected sun exposure after acne can make scars permanent, while daily sunscreen can actually prevent most acne marks from forming.
bBgp TIL Alaska is “America’s Rape Capital,” where 37% of women report being sexually assaulted at least once in their lives.
jNNwM TIL that half of UK speed cameras are turned off