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TIL in an effort to deter nuclear warfare, Robert Fisher suggested the nuclear codes be placed in the chest cavity of a Presidential aid. The president would have to physically take a life in order to use nuclear weapons.

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jJQ TIL Christopher Walken originally trained as a dancer, and later choreographed his own performance in a Fatboy Slim music video.
oRkyE TIL The newly independent nation of Zambia launched a space program in the 1960's. 13 people were chosen for space training which included tasks like swinging on a swing and rolling down a hill inside an oil drum. The program ended when the only female trainee got pregnant by another trainee
kJAbB TIL Gunkanjima is an abandoned island near Nagasaki. Once densely populated with 5,000 residents on 0.072 km2, the island town was mainly a coal mine operation until 1974 when operations ceased. Typhoons have caused structures to slowly deteriorate, further emphasizing the atmosphere of abandonment
QJax6 TIL more Male babies die yearly than Males who are 100. Also, 85ish seems to be real avg life expectancy.
ANJlo TIL scientific estimates of human population that Earth can support indefinitely range from 2 billion to 1 trillion