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TIL of the “Demon Core,” a plutonium sphere that killed scientists on TWO separate occasions

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awNgA TIL Taiwanese author Chen Yingzhen was a supporter of the notion of a unifying Chinese national identity in Taiwan. Chen was "considered by many Chinese readers and critics in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and overseas to be Taiwan's greatest author"
XBk8 TIL that a Presidential pardon carries “an admission of guilt” with it
LkrYm TIL a revolution in Germany helped end World War One
gMmN4 TIL under Director J. Edgar Hoover, FBI agents were directed to seize all pornographic materials uncovered in their investigations and forward them to Hoover personally. He reportedly used them for his own titillation and as blackmail.
rQDW TIL Privately-owned K9 teams are increasingly being used by parents to sniff out drugs hidden around their homes by their teenage children