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TIL Britain used tommy guns in ww2
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TIL that in 2007 two teams of armed intruders stormed their way into a nuclear plant used to store weapons grade uranium from South Africa’s decommissioned arsenal. The coordinated assault was thwarted by an off-duty firefighter, a plant employee, and their dog.
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TIL that because blood only has a shelf life of approximately 42 days, after 9/11 and the flood of blood donations the Red Cross had to throw out all of the surplus blood, and experienced a shortage.
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TIL that tattoos can be non-vegan, because they use bone char, gelatin, glycerin and shellac in their inks.
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TIL that Robert Downey Jr. was paid $10M for only 8 minutes of screen time in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’. He got paid over $1 million per minute he's in the movie.
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TIL that Olympic medalist sprinter Usain Bolt named his daughter Olympia Lightning Bolt, and one of his sons is named Thunder Bolt.