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TIL The Columbine shooters had placed two propane bombs in the cafeteria which failed to explode due to poor construction and faulty wiring. Had those bombs detonated as planned, they would have likely killed or wounded all 488 students in the cafeteria

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J1rvm TIL about Sean Baker, a U.S. soldier who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being beaten during a training exercise when he volunteered to pose as a detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The Army initially denied their involvement, and then downplayed it. He was not allowed to sue.
VKdp TIL that there are estimated to be 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 individual ants alive on Earth at any given time, with their biomass outweighing all humans and marine fish combined
v1eN7 Today I learned that Ringo Starr was the narrator for Thomas the Tank Engine from 1984-1990.
GYN0G TIL Rats have empathy. When offered the choice of a tempting chocolate treat, or rescuing a drowning rat, they chose to rescue the drowning rat.
8QV4 TIL that “eigengrau” is the color we see in perfect darkness, and that it can be controlled consciously.