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TIL British nukes used to be protected by bicycle locks

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V6PD TIL Vancouver researchers have created an enzyme that changes donated blood into universal type
Wo9B TIL the NFL will hold a ‘disaster draft’ should a disaster, or near-disaster occur to a team. The NFL defines the word 'near-disaster’ as less than 15 player casualties; the word 'disaster’ as greater than 15 player casualties. There are similar provisions for other sports leagues.
pyKA TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China.
W71rd TIL that the 29 February leap day is also called Bachelor's Day, where women can propose marriage to men. It once had legal basis in Scotland, England, and also a strong tradition in Ireland.
1Ber TIL Ken Jarecke’s iconic photo of the Gulf War is unknown in America because the AP office in New York censored it. They deemed it was too sensitive and too graphic even for the newspaper editors to see, not even to let them make the decision of what the market they served could see.