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TIL that in 1989 a scuba diver was sucked up by an intake pipe of a nuclear power plant, dragged over 1,600 feet, and deposited in one of the reactor cooling ponds. He lived.

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9pwQ TIL that L. Ron Hubbard regularly used cocaine, hallucinogens, barbiturates, amphetamines, peyote, and mescaline.
b1oQ TIL in 2015, FBI hair examiners knowingly gave erroneous testimony; they overstated results to benefit the prosecution in 95% of cases over previous 20 years.
Y7erG TIL Since JFK assassination, no US president has visited Dallas’ Dealey Plaza. Many got very close to Dealey Plaza without driving through it
OoLEY TIL In August 2006, NASA announced that they had lost all of their original tapes of Apollo 11's TV transmission of the first humans landing on the moon
7AZO TIL some orthodox Jews in the New York area use caffeine suppositories for fasting, because it’s not “eating”