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TIL there are baby MRI machines!

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XEYAQ TIL that the sound used when planes are going down and crashing in films is the sound of a siren fitted onto a Nazi dive bomber. The siren was fazed out towards the end of the war since the siren had considerable drag and the pilots hated having to listen to the whine during the entire flight.
YP1v TIL That up to 80% of women in Pakistani prisons are there because they were charged with adultery for being raped
b6WKE TIL that Phil Collins originally wrote “You’ll Be In My Heart” as a lullaby for his daughter, Lily Collins.
eDn4 TIL a gurkha soldier in second world war lost his right hand while throwing back a grenade from his trench which exploded in his hand He then “single handedly” defended his post for over 4 hours against 200 enemy soldiers killing 31 Japanese using only his left hand.
Jkjv TIL the “death tax” only affects estates worth $5.45 million per person. 99.8% of estates owe no tax.