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TIL that Elephant Shrews are closer related to elephants than to shrews

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LQewP TIL in 1952, Jimmy Carter led a team of nuclear scientists in disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor undergoing meltdown. To accomplish this, Carter, alongside other American military personnel, personally lowered himself into the reactor to disassemble it by hand.
16Bg4 TIL of handkerchief color codes, used as a way to non-verbally express sexual activities and fetishes. Red is for fisting.
ANNV4 TIL that Lobsang Rampa, Tibetan Monk and bestselling author of The Third Eye, was in fact Cyril Hoskin, the son of a plumber from Devonshire. When this became known, he stated he was possessed by a Tibetan monk after he fell out of a tree in his back yard whilst tying to photograph an owl.
OGMN1 Til that should never give Honey to any child under 1 years old as it could cause them to get severely ill and die.
R7Vpj TIL Ayrton Senna had planned to raise an Austrian flag in honour of Roland Ratzenberger after he crashed and died in 1994 San Marino Grand Prix qualifiers. Senna also died in that very race. When track officials examined Sennas car, they found the furled Austrian flag in the wreckage.