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TIL that Romans had central heating.
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TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life.
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TIL that Red Pandas were named pandas before the bears were
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TIL in 1989, a small capsule, originally a part of a measurement device, containing highly radioactive caesium-137 was found inside the concrete wall of a Kramatorsk apartment building. By the time it was discovered, 6 residents of the building died from leukemia and 17 received doses of radiation.
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TIL Since 1997, US elected officials are exempted from drug testing
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TIL that anyone can download and see the data of every single MOT (safety checks for cars) ever done in the United Kingdom