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TIL that Rolex is a Non-Profit Organization.

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pm0p TIL That the pit of death in ‘300’ actually exists.
mAOP TIL six people attempted to steal cobalt-60 rods from a chemical plant in the Chechen Republic. One of them died from radiation exposure thirty minutes after opening the containers for the rods and handling the contents.
vGlD TIL it takes the saguaro cactus 10 years to reach a foot tall. The saguaro cactus does not grow arms until it is approximately 70 years old.
x6pEb TIL in 1952, Navy LT Jimmy Carter led a team of nuclear scientists in disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor undergoing meltdown. Carter, alongside others, personally lowered himself into the reactor to disassemble it by hand, exposing himself to one thousand times the level of safe radiation.
Lkk8Q Yes, but it takes a long, long time.