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TIL at an Amazon warehouse in PA, during hot summers the company would station paramedics outside to carry away fainting employees, instead of paying for A/C

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vPRLj TIL of the Chinese submarine Ming III, which was found drifting by fishermen in 2003 after all the crew asphyxiated from the diesel engine using all the oxygen. The dead sailors were all at their posts, implying they died quickly without knowing there was a problem.
AO4o TIL that whenever al-Qaeda organised games of volleyball, Mohammed Atef and Osama Bin Laden were forced to be on separate teams since they were both tall, and skilled players.
e0mPn TIL Perpetual Stews were common in the middle ages. The pot was never or rarely emptied, and whatever food was found was placed inside and cooked
BbbD TIL during WWII, a Chinese woman gave birth to quadruplets named United States Chiu, Great Britain Chiu, China Chiu and Soviet Chiu
GAp6g TIL the PS3 game “MAG” received an award from Guinness World Records as "Most Players in a Console FPS" with 256 players in matches simultaneously.