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TIL that self-sustaining nuclear chain reactions can occurre and already have occured in nature.

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70Jb TIL that all Pakistani passports bear the inscription “This passport is valid for all countries of the World except Israel.”
OGV1R TIL Fritz Haber invented Haber-process to produce ammonia by using nitrogen from the air, but also invented poison gas in World War I that led his wife to suicide...
pE6A TIL that a financial advisor in California suspected that a colleague was ejaculating in her drink bottle after noticing a strange taste, and had her boyfriend ejaculate into a water bottle to confirm her suspicions. The colleague was fired and charged with assault.
w6d8 TIL Mail was delivered 12 times a day in Victorian London, with immediate responses often expected, and people got upset if letters weren’t received within a couple of hours
D8Qg TIL - Childhood lead poisoning was linked to lead-based paints in 1904. Several EU countries banned it in 1909, League of Nations banned it in 1922. The US did not start phasing it out until 1971 & houses built before 1978 may contain lead paint