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TIL Jackie Chan’s Dad Was a Spy Who Met His Opium-Dealing Mom During an Arrest

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d8A87 TIL that metal stretchers used to transport dead/wounded citizens after WWII airraids in London were repurposed to be used as fences around apartment buildings. Some are still in use today.
NXO1e TIL that Polonium-210 in cigarettes is one of the only legal sources of internal alpha radiation exposure to humans.
o5yR TIL the Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before the year 2000.
l79JV TIL that for as little as $500,000 you can get your very own airworthy fighter jet (though, it might cost $1,000,000/year to own & operate…):
M71Jb TIL about “Unsinkable Sam” a cat who survived the sinking of 3 famous ships: the first was the Bismarck followed by HMS Cossack then HMS Ark Royal – both of which had earlier helped to sink the Bismarck. After the Ark Royal sank, he was retired to the UK.