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TIL that a coin flip isn’t actually ‘fair’ — in a typical coin toss, there is a 51% chance that the coin will land on the side it started on.

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yVdWa TIL that the US Air Force jettisoned a nuclear bomb over Quebec in 1950 due to engine trouble in the B-50 bomber. Luckily, the plutonium core was not installed at the time. The USAF covered up the nuclear incident until the 1980s.
e0GjL TIL Roughly 90 percent of the dollar bills in circulation in the U.S. have been shown to contain cocaine residue
6EbXw TIL about a unique example of unconscious bias during a workplace information session. When the iOS YouTube app gained the functionality to upload videos, 5-10% appeared upside down as they were filmed by left-handed people. The entire team was right handed and had not encountered the issue.
LQL40 TIL while filming the 1997 movie "Gummo", Harmony Korine insisted on using regular people and places. Some of the houses were so disgusting that most of the film crew insisted on wearing hazmat suits during filming.
PmOZ TIL that an Iraqi doctor with insurgent ties killed 43 military patients during the Iraq War by “treating” their bleeding with anticoagulants.