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TIL in 2013 a heatwave of 86°F killed 760 people in Britain.

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b1E4 TIL: In 2009 the city council of Madison, WI voted to make the plastic lawn flamingo the city’s offical bird
v1E4K TIL: Scientists used Sunflowers near Chernobyl after the 1986 nuclear accident, to extract radioactive cesium from contaminated ponds nearby. Then again in 2011 at Fukushima to extract radiation from the nearby communities.
9wbyp TIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the brain at once, it’s more effective than almost anything else at distracting from pain and discomfort.
D0kD TIL that Netflix has almost 150 movies available with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
4kdxN TIL in 2011, a 29-year-old Aussie bartender discovered an ATM error that let him take out more cash than he had in the bank. For four-and-a-half months, he went on a spending spree and blew through approximately $1.6 million of the bank's funds.