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TIL that three triplets separated at birth ended up all going to the same college and meeting each other.

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R5gp8 TIL Kokura was the main target for the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb, but on the morning of August 9, 1945, the city was obscured by morning fog. Because the order was to drop the bomb visually, the pilots diverted about 100 km south to Nagasaki, killing 35,000 people within seconds of its detonation.
PYL7Z TIL that CERN (large hadron collider) has a large statue of SHIVA standing in its courtyard. Gifted from India - SHIVA is the deity responsible for destroying the world/worlds.
QrVE TIL that motion sickness is due to confusion between perceived movement and actual movement. The brain’s conclusion is that one of the senses is hallucinating due to poison ingestion; the brain then induces vomiting to clear the supposed toxin.
KOjxa TIL reflector (or reflex) sights have been used in some degree on weapons for just over 100 years
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