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TIL Switzerland is unique in having enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population

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yQ5va TIL the first use of the word “selfie” in print was in 2002 when an Australian student posted a picture of his split lip after a drunken party. “Sorry about the focus, it was a selfie,” he wrote on an online forum.
neKWr TIL that Noah Glass was one of Twitter's Early Founders
Wgv8 TIL there are companies that make foil kites which can be fitted to cargo ships to significantly reduce fuel consumption by using high altitude winds as an alternate power source.
4ZjR TIL that Teddy Roosevelt suffered a detached retina in 1908 after becoming blind in one eye due to a boxing injury in the White House. He later switched to jiu-jitsu and became a black belt.
awkW9 TIL A beggar was caught outside a mosque in Kuwait telling worshipers that he badly needed cash and that he had no home. Since it is illegal, he was arrested and police discovered he had over 500,000 Kuwaiti Dinars in his bank account (US$1,650,000)