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TIL “basket case” is used to describe helplessness rather than insanity, and originally described the most badly maimed WWI soldiers who had to be transported in baskets

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mxLAE TIL that the entire surface of the earth can be divided into 3-meter squares and that each square can be identified by a unique combination of three English words.
w7L1 TIL That after 50 Cent challenged Floyd Mayweather to read a page from Harry Potter for $750k, Mayweather responded by offering 50 Cent $1,000,000 to post a video of his son saying “I love you”
J1YXk TIL the 6 qbs drafted before Tom Brady are known as the "Brady six" and his stats blow away all 6 qbs combined.
myLO TIL that genetically engineered “ray cats” with fur that changed colour in the presence of radiation were considered by scientists to warn future civilisations of nuclear waste
XJgr TIL a coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy