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TIL: A nuclear physicist describes 7 things you probably didn't know about radioactive fallout from a nuclear bomb

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mKGv TIL There is an electric eel in a tennessee aquarium and the aquarium is hooked up to a computer that sends out a tweet from the electric eels twitter account whenever it discharges a high enough amount of electricity.
R5mlj TIL TIL the Maori committed a mass genocide of New Zealand's second-largest indigenous group, the Moriori
0wvEM TIL the American Pygmy Shrew has to eat three times its weight daily to survive, which means capturing prey every 15-30 minutes, day and night, and thus only ever sleeps a few minutes at a time.
0wX1M TIL about the gin craze that swept through London in the 18th century, to a point where the average Londoner drank up to 14 gallons a year. Being named the opium of the people
W7k5d TIL being in possession of an Eagle feather in the US is punishable by a $250k fine, unless you are part of a federally recognized Native American tribe, with authority to collect them.