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TIL In 2017, 10 of the 12 UK water firms admitted using divining rods to find leaks and pipes, despite there being numerous studies that show it is no more effective than chance

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PYjmL TIL in 1965 CIA tried placing a nuclear powered sensing device atop Mt.Nanda Devi in India, to spy on Chinese nuclear testing, only to loose it within an year and it hasn't been recovered yet. Couple of years later the device was placed atop Mt. Nanda Kot instead.
WOx8 TIL that Stonehenge was once surrounded by what amounted to a giant city, a kind of “Prehistoric Vatican”.
0rKy TIL in Italy six scientists were charged with manslaughter because they didn’t predict an earthquake which killed 309 people.
6bbl TIL that at the end of the Beatles’ song “A Day in the Life,” an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.
QJ176 TIL of Jared Ream, card-carrying member of American Coaster Enthusiasts. At 430 lbs, he got rejected from Cedar Point's "Millenium Force", unable to buckle the restraint. The desire to ride Kings Island's new giga-coaster "Orion" motivated him to lose 190 lbs, so he was able to ride coasters again.