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TIL Marie Curie’s notebooks from the late 19th century are still too radioactive to be handled

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wo8r8 TIL that Steve Wozniak created the first universal remote control
a8j6b TIL about the Centralia "Tragedy" in 1919, when members of the American Legion stormed the local International Workers of the World Hall, resulting in multiple deaths. 7 members of the I.W.W. were later convicted of murder, and one (also a veteran) was lynched. No Legionnaire was prosecuted.
rgw TIL : an experiment showed kids liked food in McD boxes better then the same food in plain boxes
R916 TIL in 1980, Maureen Wilcox bought lottery tickets in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and both tickets won in the wrong state
v1J04 TIL that elephants are tremendous distance swimmers. They can swim for up to six hours and 25 miles (48km). They are so buoyant that if they tire in the water, they can just rest by floating and will not sink. They can also use their trunk as a snorkel and dive.