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TIL Switzerland has enough underground shelter to house the entire country’s population… and then some.

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kJ7O1 TIL the first lethal use of a robot occurred in Dallas, Texas in 2016, following gunman Michael Johnson firing on a crowd and killing 5 police officers. After negotiations failed, police attached an explosive device to a bomb disposal robot, maneuvered it close to the suspect, and detonated it.
6xMm TIL in 458 BC Aeschylus, an ancient Greek tragedian, was killed by a tortoise dropped by an eagle that had mistaken his bald head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell of the reptile.
b76p TIL the world’s largest rodent can grow up to 200 lbs, can bark like a dog, and hold their breath for upwards of 5 minutes.
Y7abW TIL that Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong apparently filled out and signed customs forms when returning from the moon in 1969.
MemOb TIL that shishi-odoshi, those cool Japanese bamboo water features that go DOOK, were created to scare away deer or boar so they don't eat the agriculture but are now an audiovisual aesthetic