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TIL the great smog of London in 1952 was so bad that pedestrians couldn't even see their feet. Some of the 4,000 who died in the 5 days it lasted didn't suffer lung problems – they fell into the Thames and drowned because they could not see the river

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yQdWl TIL that during the 2007 Glasgow airport attack, as one of the perpetrators tried to open the boot of his jeep, a taxi driver, Alex McIlveen, kicked him in the groin so hard that he tore a tendon in his foot.
7rA4x TIL pigs can be taught to play video games. They are able to control a cursor with a joystick and move it to the indicated area. They tried the same game with dogs, but even after extensive training dogs weren't able to understand the goal. Pigs even beat chimpanzees.
X05dR TIL that the singer from Cannibal Corpse is an expert at playing arcade claw machines, and donates the toys he wins to charity
OVvR TIL Newman’s Own donates all of its profits to charities (over $350 million since 1982) yet still pays taxes.
BA1d TIL A coal power plant produces more radioactive waste than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy