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TIL: Often made fun of, the “Duck and Cover” under your desk Method for atomic blast survival is based on real research- and real survivor stories. Even a thin barrier like a desk can increase chances of survival.

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xZ6g TIL 3 men, Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov, and Boris Baranov, sacrificed themselves to save millions of people by diving into the reservoir beneath Chernobyl’s reactor to cease an imminent steam explosion that would’ve turned catastrophe-level accident into a doomsday-level accident.
m1vjY TIL that Prince William and Prince Harry have Indian ancestry through an unbroken maternal line.
5Yvnp TIL Jamie Siminoff , the inventor of the Ring Doorbell failed to secure a deal on ABC’s Shark Tank but later went on to sell his company to Amazon for $1 Billion . He then later got the opportunity to guest star on the show alongside the same investors who once turned him down.
PBQO TIL that Alien hand syndrome is a rare neurological disorder in which one hand functions involuntarily, with the victim completely unaware of its actions.
o1EL TIL A man in Australia declared his farm an independent micronation called the Province of Bumbunga. He decided to plant a huge scale model of Britain using thousands of strawberries, to attract tourism.