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TIL that during the Continuation War the Finnish Army used the Säkkijärven Polkka to disarm radio-controlled mines

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J17yQ TIL The UK used to have Slam-door trains, passengers had to slam the doors closed when the train was about to depart. Some slam-door trains had doors that could only be opened from the outside, so passengers had to lean out of the window to reach the outside door handle
Y78LP TIL musician Jay Ferguson not only wrote the theme song for "The Office" (US) but also wrote the popular 1970s yacht rock song "Thunder Island".
wooj6 TIL about the Lilliput effect: after a major extinction event, the animal species that survive tend to get smaller.
R7OZQ TIL Breeder reactors are a type of nuclear reactor which produce more fissile materials than they consume. They are designed to extend the nuclear fuel supply for the generation of electricity, The concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation have been one large impediment to creating breeders.
gkOD TIL a New Jersey politician was indicted for accepting $360,000 in bribes. The politician went so far to avoid his conviction that he faked his own death by friends saying he swallowed pain pills before a scuba dive and ‘never resurfaced’. He was found 2 years later and arrested while scuba diving.