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TIL: San Francisco ban helmet cams after they capture firefighters running over Asiana crash victim

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69Am8 TIL In 1990, a game called "KZ Manager" was released, where you play the part of a Nazi Concentration Camp Commandant. The game is a 'rollercoaster tycoon' style management game and is banned in Germany.
Yabr TIL It isn’t blood in your steak, it’s myoglobin.
6EB1m TIL Radiotrophic fungi were discovered in 1991 growing inside and around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in an environment in which the radiation level was 500x higher than in the normal environment. The fungi converts gamma radiation into chemical energy for growth.
OoK7Y TIL a French man was surprised by his colleagues with a free ride in a French Air Force fighter jet going 870 mph (but had never said he wanted such a ride). He panicked, accidentally grabbed the ejector button and ejected himself at 2,500 ft altitude. He parachuted safely to to the ground.
NXkG6 TIL Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle was originally supposed to be about a quest to find Krispy Kreme donuts, but the food was changed to White Castle hamburgers after Krispy Kreme refused to allow the film to use their name.