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TIL about the problem of communicating nuclear hazard warnings to our ancestors 10.000 into the future. Because languages change and symbols can lose their meaning, solutions include fear inducing structures, atomic priesthoods, and propagating myths about glowing cats.

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lgna TIL Thai Police Officers who are guilty of committing minor transgressions such as coming late or parking at the wrong spot have to wear a bright pink HELLO KITTY armband for several days as punishment.
ejxL TIL that during a revolt at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, a member of the SS was stabbed, then burned alive in a crematorium oven
b9okZ TIL that 70% of the world production of maple syrup is from the Province of Quebec.
Kw04 TIL that in 2013, the first night of Hannukah will fall on the American Thanksgiving day, 11/28/13. This has never happened before, and it will not happen again until the year 79,811.
5YMKp TIL that counter strike was a mod of half-life created by two programmers which was released in 1999. Due to the popularity of the mod, sales for half-life went up and, subsequently, the two friends were hired by valve who also acquired the game’s intellectual property.