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TIL there are baby MRI machines!

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EgQn0 TIL The U.S. Forcibly Detained Native Alaskans During World War II. 881 Aleuts were forcibly relocated and interned in unsanitary camps in southeast Alaska, nobody was allowed to bring more than one suitcase of possessions. Troops then set fire to the villages to prevent its use by the Japanese
0wALj TIL Napoleon III's Y-chromosome (which is inherited father to son) does not match other member's of the Bonaparte family implying his legal father was not his father and he was not a Bonaparte. There had been rumors during his lifetime that he was illegitimate due his mother's affairs.
OoOl4 TIL microwave ovens DON’T heat food using the “resonant frequency” of water. They work by causing polar molecules (water is one, and so are some fats) to rotate back and forth quickly in an oscillating electromagnetic field, producing molecular vibrations (heat).
1dw8 TIL in 2012 a statue of Jesus started dripping water. People declared it holy and started drinking it. A man proved it was bad plumbing and was called a blasphemer. He had to flee to Finland.
4Xkjb TIL it is estimated that by 2040, 70% of the US population will reside in just 15 states, meaning just 30% of the whole population will control 70% of the Senate