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TIL: the first dirty bomb was created and tested by the communist Red Guard for use against the PLA

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aw8bL TIL Hunter S. Thompson once ran for Sheriff of Aspen. He wanted to rename it to "Fat City", dig up all the roads with sledgehammers and implement a philosophy that "no drug worth taking should be sold for money." He also shaved his head to insult his opponents crew cut.
nWxJd TIL That Marie Antoinette’s scandalous fashion choice of wearing lingerie as outerwear directly instigated a dramatic rise in American slavery.
9YYnr TIL of Vulcan Point in the Philippines: an island within a lake within an island within a lake within an island.
d8y07 TIL Sperm whales are the loudest animals on earth. At 236 decibels, their click sounds can literally vibrate a human body to death. But when research divers approach them, the whales welcome them into their pod; while modulating their clicks so the divers aren't hurt.
l7PKN TIL: Researchers Joseph and Charles Vacanti grew a human "ear" seeded from implanted cow cartilage cells on the back of a living mouse to explore the possibility of fabricating body parts for plastic and reconstructive surgery