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TIL The cosmic-radiation dose rate on airplanes is so high that airline flight crew workers receive more dose on average than any other worker, including those in nuclear power plants.

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16Qor TIL that Albert Camus was strongly supportive of the anarchist movement
4XdDJ TIL about James Barry (born Margaret Bulkley), an esteemed military surgeon who reformed medical standards across the British Empire. He performed one of the 1st C-sections where both mother & child survived. After Barry's death in 1865, it was discovered his assigned sex at birth was female.
eglL TIL many prominent historians have good proof that before the industrial revolution, most people slept in two periods per day, rather than one continuous period of nightly sleep
LQjQZ TIL that three Leicester City players including the son of its former manager created a scandal that involved taping an orgy in Bangkok with local prostitutes before the seasons' start. The replacement manager then went on to win the Premier League as extreme underdogs at 5000/1 odds.
Yvnx TIL during the Civil War, Lincoln suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus. This allowed for the arrest of those who expressed sympathy for the Confederate cause. Furthermore, it also prevented military officials from being convicted of false arrest, false imprisonment or search and seizure violations.