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TIL The Creator of Sea-Monkeys was a Nazi

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wrrM TIL of Louis Slotin, a scientist who died while working on the Manhattan Project. He accidentally dropped a hemisphere of beryllium on a plutonium core; witnesses saw glowing blue light and felt a heat wave. He died nine days later. The plutonium core was later nicknamed the “demon core”.
W76QN TIL in 1882 James Williams of Fredonia, Texas patented a mousetrap “incorporating a handgun”
9gJ6 TIL that contrary to their portrayal in Jurassic Park and King Kong, the T-Rex lacked the ability to roar. If it wasn’t silent, it likely could only hiss like a Crocodile.
Xpj6 TIL a woman who claimed to be a survivor of the 9/11 attacks and even became the president of World Trade Centers Survivors Support Group turned out to be lying and wasn’t even in the United States during the attacks.
KBME TIL Joseph Stalin Intended To Be A Priest, But Was Kicked Out Of Seminary For Missing Final Exams