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TIL the Skilled Veterans Corps was a group all over the age of 60 that volunteered to help stabilise the Fukushima nuclear plant. They believed they should face the dangers of radiation, not young people

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6Xjm TIL a single gene is thought to be responsible for our ability to speak. If put into mice, it changes their behavior and vocalization patterns
DQmlp TIL of Operation Mount Hope III, where the U.S. 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment captured an abandoned Soviet Mi-25 Hind D attack helicopter from an abandoned airfield in Libya by hoisting it out with a Chinook and flying 1,700km both ways. They were completely undetected in their mission.
XoP8 TIL that the last complete radio silence in the world happened for two minutes after the death of Gugliemo Marconi on July 21, 1937. To this day, no complete radio silence has been record.
b9Yn4 TIL that adult mayflies don't have a functioning mouth or digestive system, simply because they don't live long enough to need them.
0wmP5 TIL Marion stokes recorded tv news programs for over 35 years. With over 71,716 tapes filled with footage, she built the world’s largest independent archive.