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TIL there are still 10 people in the world living in an iron lung, including a man in Dallas.

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E4mW TIL NASA’s Curiosity rover is powered by a nuclear generator that outputs 110 watts, barely enough to power a ceiling fan.
a894o TIL I learned about the HMS Thesis submarine disaster. It had an escape chamber that saved 4 lives but the fifth person panicked when using it, dooming all 98 others aboard.
7Jwx TIL when John Carmack was 14, he broke into a school to steal Apple II computers. Carmack concocted a sticky substance of Thermite mixed with Vaseline that melted through the windows. However, an accomplice set off an alarm & alerted police. Carmack was then sentenced to a year in a juvenile home.
e0Kw4 TIL the British government accidentally published classified information about their nuclear submarines in a "redacted" report. The classified information had been "blacked out" in the document, but anyone who opened the document could copy and paste the "blacked-out" text in order to read it.
OEB7 TIL Kevin Sorbo (Hercules, Xena TV series’) suffered 3 strokes after chiropractic manipulation of his shoulder released blood clots from an aneurysm, leaving him with permanent injuries and difficulty acting.