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TIL that after a nuclear disaster in Japan in 1999, the operating company declined government funds and paid compensation itself based not on a legal liability but rather its moral responsibility.”

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Oy7a TIL CPR only has an 8% effectiveness. However, many believe it is much more effective because on TV it has a 75% effectiveness and 67& of the characters who had been given CPR lived to leave the hospital.
8jjG TIL A surprise inspection of a men’s prison in Acapulco unearthed 100 plasma TVs, 2 sacks of marijuana, 2 peacocks, 100 cockerels for cock fighting… and 25 women.
Q9pe TIL that the British army tested LSD on its Marines in 1964…and filmed it.
RD78 TIL The CIA invested over 25 million dollars in a specially trained and equipped cat who should spy on the soviets. It was hit and killed by a taxi almost immediately after being released.
N7mRe TIL the eagle on US currency has a name. It’s Peter, and he lived at the mint in Philadelphia. After he died he was stuffed and he still hangs at the entrance.