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TIL radiocarbon dating will no longer work independently on fossils and artifacts post-WW2 due to residual radiation resulting nuclear arms testing. Future archeologists will not be able to date our remains using only carbon dating.

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R7yJw TIL 'The Junkies' are the only radio program in the entire USA to take over for Howard Stern when he left for satellite radio to still be on the air in his same morning time slot to this day.
VBMBQ TIL that actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was the key person behind a WW2 water-borne deception force that created enough German uncertainty that they held back an entire German Reserve Division in Sicily at the time of the Allied landings there. Called the Beach Jumpers, also known as the "BJ factor".
aw11N TIL sharks can expel the entire contents of their stomach by literally forcing the stomach inside-out all the way past its teeth. This is called 'stomach eversion' and it's a way to get rid of indigestible objects but occasionally the stomach is unable to retract, which can be fatal.
yewv TIL an officer of the US Navy, James Stockdale, became a POW. To prevent his captors from using him as propaganda, he cut his scalp with razors, beat his face with a stool until he was unrecognizable, and slit his wrists.
DkMj TIL Classical marble statues used to be painted in color; although they have faded to blank whiteness, we can use UV light to see the original textures