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TIL that in two days in the Chernobyl zone the human body receives a radiation dose equal to one intercontinental flight

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66Dl TIL Orville Redenbacher paid an advertising company $13,000 in 1970 to come up with a name for his popcorn company. Their advice was to call it “Orville Redenbacher”
eWAL TIL Edge of Tomorrow, adapted from All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, who was inspired from his experience from playing video games; when getting stuck on a level, you keep reliving the same battle by spawning and each time you respawn, you’re more efficient and skilled at the game.
6bOY TIL the first online transaction ever was Stanford students buying marijuana from MIT students.
neL19 TIL that Mike Tyson knocked out another kid for ripping the head off of a pigeon. Tyson had grown up with nothing & found that feeding and spending time with them was an honour & got him away from all the bullying he had endured. To this day he still loves & has his own collection of racing pigeons.
Oo5p6 TIL that Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt, then gave the invention away for free. They decided it was too important of an invention to keep to themselves.