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TIL that astrology was scientifically proven inaccurate on accident. This was done with a medical study called “time twins” that was carried out in London in 1958, with over 2000 subjects, examining over 100 different characteristics including anxiety, IQ, etc. in individuals born in the same month.

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ADK54 TIL over 7,000 accidental plane crashes happened on American soil during WW2, killing over 15,000 people.
x7eo TIL - You would get a larger dose of radiation from eating a bag of potato chips every day than you would if you lived next to a nuclear power plant.
4DLN TIL that in the USA, the deadliest job is logging, followed by fishing. Taxi drivers are the most likely to be murdered, more than twice as likely than cops.
X0mGP TIL about the Brennan Monorail, a single rail train built in the early 1900's using gyroscopic action to balance itself. Winston Churchill was one the first passengers at its public debut.
b9Bgj TIL that 95% of all Thoroughbred racehorses can be traced back to a single 18th-century stallion