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TIL in 1964, the Nth Country Experiment took three recent PhD graduates, gave them unclassified data and, three years yater, they managed to create a working device to produce a nuclear bomb

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rNKMo TIL that heart strings can sometimes break after a deep emotional trauma causing the heart to lose form as a result be unable to pump blood effectively, you can literally die from broken heart.
9Yy9m TIL that ordering shorts or trousers online is a damn minefield, due to the prevalence of Vanity Sizing (US/UK issue) that labels clothing as being a lot smaller than they actually are. I normally shop where I can try shit on, but most of the shops in the UK are still shut, so forced to go online.
Ypxnv TIL female kangaroos have three vaginas and two uteruses. The two side vaginas carry sperm to each uterus, while the middle vagina sends the joey to the outside world. This can allow female kangaroos to be perpetually pregnant with one joey developing in her pouch and another in the other uterus.
VdBB TIL that Duck Hunt works by flashing the screen black when you shoot, except where there are ducks, and a photodiode in the barrel of the gun either picks up the lit area where the ducks are, or it doesn’t, which determines whether your shot hit or missed.
jyyv TIL that a possible origin of acupuncture is based on Chinese doctors observations that soldiers wounded by arrows were cured of chronic afflictions