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TIL about Richard L. McKinley, who died in a nuclear plant accident. His body ended so contaminated that had to be buried in a lead-lined casket which was then sealed in concrete and placed in a metal vault and cannot be moved from its location without the approval of the Atomic Energy Commission.

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BgWZD TIL In a scientific lecture about erectile dysfunction that took place in a urologists convention in 1983, renowned professor of urology Sir Giles Brindley whipped out his erect member and attempted to grant the aghast members of the audience a close inspection, resulting in a pandemonium
Bl0D TIL Actor and explorer Brian Blessed met Pablo Picasso when he was a 12. Disbelieving it was Picasso, Blessed asked him to draw a picture. Picasso drew a peace dove, and Blessed threw it away. Somebody saved the drawing. It’s reportedly worth £50 million.
neKyd TIL in WW2 the U.S military initially recommended adding armor to areas of aircraft with the most bullet holes. However due to survivorship bias - where people or things that do not make it past a selection process are not factored into a decision - those were places that already had enough armor.
kJG4m TIL that the names given to hurricanes are pretty much already set. There are six alphabetical lists of names for Atlantic hurricanes, maintained by the World Meteorological Organization, and they are rotated through every six years.
95Kp TIL that before Austria-Hungary divided and separated, their motto was “Indivisible and Inseparable”.