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TIL that Switzerland is unique in having enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population, should they ever be needed.

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RVP8 TIL that Sony BMG used music cds to illegally install rootkits on users computers to prevent them from ripping copyrighted music; the rootkits themselves, in a copyright violation, included open-source software.
9Ym1r TIL when a chimpanzee that learns an effective method to crack nuts open is placed into a new group that uses a less effective strategy, it will eventually stop using the superior method just to blend in with the rest of the chimps.
loMKr TIL we call people with red hair "red heads" as opposed to "orange heads" because the phrase has been around longer than the colour orange. The colour orange was described as red up until the 1500's when the first reference of orange in the English language can be found.
Eg6QX TIL in 2013 businessman Tan Youhui hired a hitman to take out a competitor. That hitman hired another and so on ending up with 5 hitmen subcontracted for the same job and the plan falling apart.
ZpZJY TIL about Japan Air Lines food poisoning incident. In-flight meal contaminated with a bacteria made 195 passengers and a flight attendant sick. 144 so serious they need to be hospitalized, 30 critical. JAL Catering Manager later committed suicide over the incident. He was the only fatal victim.