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TIL the magnets in an MRI are up to 60,000 times stronger than the earths core

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QnEp TIL a man named Peter Wade derailed a train in 1982 to see what would happen, crushing the engineer who used his body to protect a teenager. Wade later went to WallStreet and made millions trading stock and then became a hollywood filmmaker.
ADxDB TIL about the Kiki and Bouba effect; an interesting effect that showcases how we subconsciously associate words like Kiki as being "Sharp and spikey" and words like Bouba as being "Round and smooth" and also associate shape sizes with sharp and round words.
XDrE TIL directors were told to shoot John Wayne’s scenes before noon, because by afternoon he “was a mean drunk”.
GAxA1 TIL Hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs.
Z8WRD TIL that only 39 people in the world has climbed Everest and K2 without botteled oxygen.