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TIL the original episode of South Park was the first and only episode to use cardboard cutouts

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QNaBk TIL that during the Cold War, the U.S. developed the Davy Crockett, a recoilless rifle that fired one of the smallest nuclear warheads ever made.
4XQ1R TIL about the Arnold Reflex, which is when physical stimulation of a nerve in the ear elicits a cough. This is why, for some people, cleaning their ear with q-tips often causes them to cough.
9kk7 TIL you could swim in a spent nuclear fuel pool without being harmed
VBWQm TIL the shrew family has probably the largest population of any mammal family, estimated to be at 100 billion.
ZdBp TIL on Scott’s doomed Antarctic expedition, Lawrence Oates sacrificed his life when his ill health began to compromise his companions’ chances of survival. Walking into a blizzard he said: “I am going outside and may be some time.” Scott said it was the “act of a brave man and an English gentleman.”