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TIL NASA has developed a technology called FINDER used to detect breathing or heartbeats through up to 30 feet of rubble, or 20 feet of solid concrete, and was used to save lives during the 2015 Napal earthquakes.

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gvWL TIL That astronauts have a patch of velcro inside their helmet, so that they can scratch their nose.
l7B95 TIL that the biggest solar installation in the city of Perth (Australia) is at the city zoo. It powers 30% of the site and has panels on top of areas like the parking lot, elephant barn and reptile house.
Ooboe TIL that When written down, the word ‘almost’ is ALMOST the longest word in the English language to have all of its letters in alphabetical order. It comes second to the proper noun Aegilops (which many do not consider as the winner because it is a proper noun).
JVPV TIL a theme park in Lithuania recreates life as a USSR citizen. Visitors have their belongings confiscated, wear gas masks, experience interrogation, and must learn the Soviet anthem. Their reward is a shot of vodka.
ZpV9v TIL in the 1970s American authorithies along a nonprofit group founded by fishermen, threw around 2 million old tires into the coast of Ft. Lauderdale to creat an artificial reef which would help the growth of new coral. Instead they created an ecological disaster.