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TIL that Afrikaans, spoken in South Africa, is the worlds youngest language

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Yp1yA TIL in 1979, a woman became ill on Space Mountain and couldn't exit the rollercoaster. While waiting for help, she was accidentally sent on the ride a second time by a different set of employees. She slipped into a coma and died one week later.
5RjB TIL that pilots and flight crews are federally classified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as “radiation workers” and receive higher doses of radiation than all other US radiation-exposed workers.
x6gEk TIL deep penetrating "earthquake bombs", made of almost 50% high-tensile steel, were invented by Barnes Wallis, the British inventor of the bouncing bomb used by the Dambusters in WW2. The 22,000lb / 10,000kg Grand Slam was the largest non-nuclear bomb used in WW2.
nWrYW Till in 1936 a group of Imperial Japanese Army officers attempted to coup d'état Japan
YwQx TIL In Japan, some watermelons are grown into cubes for storing efficiency. This practise was invented by graphic designer Tomoyuki Ono in 1978.