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TIL that the US has been in a State of National Emergency since 1979

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emmk T.I.L. that a system called “Perimeter” aka. “Dead Hand” has been online in Russia since 1985. It’s designed to launch an all-out nuclear missile retaliatory attack, if it senses that Russia’s command systems have been attacked and/or shut down without proper authorization.
wdlY TIL that one day in 1880, three men from Arkansas, searching for a wildcat, stumbled on a mysterious cave whose inside was covered in a radiant blue color. The three men immediately fell ill and were covered in sores after leaving the cave. They had discovered the first radium mine in America.
KO7KQ TIL about "JanSporting", the act of putting a backpack on the intoxicated to prevent them from turning on their back while unconscious.
mM TIL that without the support of Lucille Ball (“I Love Lucy”) Star Trek may have ceased to exist.
4Xv6 TIL South African residents can legally attach small flamethrowers to cars to repel carjackers