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D1B4p TIL: “Flamin’ Hot Cheetos” sent multiple kids to the ER worried about blood in their stool, but actually it was just the red food dye changing the color because of the amount they ate.
R7joj TIL Carlos Alhinho, a Portuguese professional soccer player and manager was killed when he opened the doors on the elevator on the sixth floor of his hotel in Benguela. He stepped in and found that the carriage was not there, but the ground floor. He fell down five floors onto the top of the cabin.
o5N7 TIL: Russia made us a 9/11 monument that few know about
4l8w TIL If child is found abandoned on Russian territory and the parents remain unknown for more than 6 months, that child gains Russian citizenship
j6AEn TIL a propulsion system travelling at light speed is possible with our current knowledge, but the amounts of energy required are too great for it to be feasible. A spacecraft with a 100m radius would need an amount of energy that is 100s of times Jupiter's mass just to maintain the speed of light.