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TIL After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011,more than 200 Japanese pensioners, all over 60, volunteered to tackle the nuclear crisis. The organizer said “Even if I were exposed to radiation, cancer could take 20 or 30 years or longer to develop. I probably have 13 to 15 years left to live.”

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l41G TIL that a 2004 marketing study described Generation X as “the least parented, least nurtured generations in U.S. history.”
06MR TIL that magpie attacks in Australia have led cyclists to put spikes on their helmets.
l7lJB TIL there was a 500 BC predecessor to Suez canal, connecting the Nile and Red sea, thus enabling a single water route to Malabar (India) from Rome. It had water locks to solve the higher elevation of sea than the inlands
kJWm7 TIL there are Japanese, Chinese and Korean studies correlating male nose size and penis size. For Japanese studies, cadavers were used and "stretched length" was measured.
b6jg0 TIL in 1878, the Loretto Chapel was constructed with a wooden spiral staircase of unusually masterful craftsmanship. No builder was officially credited for the staircase, but legends say that a mysterious carpenter arrived and built it overnight, then left without collecting pay.