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TIL that biologists went to Bikini Atoll a year after the nuclear tests, caught a fish, held it up to photograph paper, and took an x-ray image using rays coming from inside the fish.

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ZbNp TIL that “Pawn Stars” star Rick Harrison dropped out of school in ninth grade to pursue a business selling fake Gucci bags. He made $2,000 a week.
lgB TIL mediaeval theologians held that part of the pleasure of Heaven was watching the suffering of Hell.
EKep TIL at the age of 17, Richard Dean Anderson rode his bike 5,641 miles from Minnesota to Alaska. Starting out with friends, he travelled the last 33 days alone.
XEAn8 TIL that "survivorshp bias" has its name from WWII where engineers failed to increase bomber pilot's chance of surviving when they increased armour on bombers where bullet holes where most often found until a statistician then proposed to increase armour where holes couldn't be found.
VMGZD TIL Tennessee Fainting, is a breed of Goat that faints due to a condition called myotonia congenita, which is hereditary. Myotonia Congenita is a recessive gene, goats that are crossbred with other breeds typically do not display fainting behaviors.