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7rnyr TIL The USA dumped Nuclear Waste from Secret Missile bases under the Greenland Ice Sheet, and due to the ice melting this waste is now at risk of soon entering the EcoSystem.
PYowE TIL that a British man named Michael Faban broke into Buckingham's Palace, twice, in less then a month in 1982. He urinated in the Royal Corgis dog food, wandered the palace, made a maid look crazy, stole wine from Prince Charles room and woke up the Queen in her bedroom.
9n8m TIL a drunk driver hit and killed a woman, but due to a paperwork error he was only cited for DUI (a misdemeanor). He pleaded guilty and was fined $350. After finding out about the victim, the court sought to try him for manslaughter. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 it would be unconstitutional to do so
j6Pmj TIL that the Royal Hospital Chelsea derives its name from the archaic meaning of hospital, which is a place of hospitality and rest, and is an almshouse (charitable housing) for British Army veterans rather than a medical facility
b9x8Z TIL The cornea is the only part of the body with no blood supply and it gets its oxygen directly from the air