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TIL airline crew members are exposed to so much cosmic radiation in their jobs that they're classified as radiation workers

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X00LQ Today I learned that the Samurai were not only trained how to kill, but how to do it aesthetically. Considering killing to be an artform of the highest aesthetics needed for Self Perfection.
xkPb TIL That Alan Turing (who created a precursor to the modern computer), committed suicide in 1954. Two years prior, he had been “convicted” of homosexuality, in which he was forced to undergo hormonal treatments and lost security clearance to continue his research.
6ERrY TIL in 2007, the Oklahoma State Senate passed a bill declaring the watermelon as the official state vegetable.
8amB4 TIL that the inventor of the frisbee was cremated and made into frisbees after his death.
JYo6m TIL of the Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant in Michigan, which was the largest of it's kind in the world when completed in 1973. It only had a planned life of 30 years but is currently wrapping up a 15% upgrade that'll boost capacity by 15%.