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TIL that the private security at Canada's Bruce Powers power plant got first place 4 times in a row at the US National SWAT Championship from 2008 to 2011

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Qk5k TIL that many years ago a Sultan decreed that the cats in Istanbul were to be protected because they ate rats and mice. The people were to feed them and not harm them. And even to this day, the people still obey the Sultan’s order. This is why Istanbul is called the cat capital of Europe.
GYjGJ TIL that the peace sign stands for Nuclear Disarmament
x6b77 TIL with a "Constant acceleration" space ship, at 1G acceleration you could travel the diameter of the milky way (105,000 Light years) in a short 12 years.
68GW TIL that upon his death, pirate Olivier Levasseur had tossed a cryptogram into a crowd and told them if they could figure out the message, his treasure (now valued at $200,000,000) would be theirs, a treasure that to this day has never been found.
w1DP TIL that human feces is not made primarily of undigested plant material or fiber, as commonly thought. Bacteria make up to 60% of the dry mass of human feces.