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TIL: Po-210 in cigarettes is the greatest single source of radiation dose to Americans.

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W9QB TIL: During a US government shutdown Congress continues to be paid because their pay cannot be altered except by direct law
6rW7 TIL hardcore LEGO fans use the phrase “One by Five” as a code name for hot girls, because those are rare in LEGO conventions and the LEGO company doesn’t make a five by one brick.
nWNQd TIL about the Gilmi Glider incident, in which passenger plane Air Canada flight 143 ran out of fuel mid-flight due to a series of failures - including two broken fuel indication systems, a confusion between pounds and kilos, and a technician accidentally undoing a repair to the fuel systems.
M7D40 TIL that not everyone sees lines when they look at lights and that i have a condition called astigmatism.
9Alr TIL the deepest gold mine in North America is located in Quebec, Canada. The deepest shaft of the mine reaches over 2.48 miles (4 kilometers) underground and is predicted to be able to access over 12.5 million ounces of gold.