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TIL: Bananas are radioactive - Bananas have naturally high levels of potassium and a small fraction of all potassium is radioactive. Consuming one banana would deliver a total dose of 0.01 millirem (0.1 microsieverts) of radiation. (This is a very small amount of radiation)

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JD44 TIL that most Hungarians must bribe their medical staff in order to get better treatment
DQdpj TIL that some Jeeps have "Easter Eggs" of designs of animals and other symbols that are hidden around the vehicle; with some found on the windshield or carved into the dashboard, under seats, and near the gas cap.
6EGQX TIL that whale meat was the single biggest source of meat in Japan from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. Whaling only took off in the country as a result of a food shortage after World War II.
16pNV TIL Take Our Daughters To Work Day started nationally in 1993 to provide girls an opportunity to see real world role models. The program expanded focus to include sons in 2003.
loK7r TIL as Lt. Dan Inouye was about to toss a grenade at a German machine gun nest, a Nazi shot his arm off with an RPG. Undaunted, Inouye pulled the live grenade from his severed hand, tossed it, put his gun in his left hand, then wiped out three machine gun nests and killed 25 Nazis on his own.