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TIL that there was a nuclear worker which triggered radiation alarms when he came to work, despite being checked that he was “clean” before leaving. It turned out that his house was on top of a natural source of radon gas.

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VM14G TIL that in 2006, a teacher and her students were trapped after their school disappeared under a huge mudslide in the Philippines. They managed to send text messages "We're still in one room, alive," But rescue proved dangerous, authorities were forced to conclude that no one had survived
woVoW TIL Daniel Thompson was the inventor of the "Thompson Bagel Machine," which led to mass production of bagels, and also the inventor of the Folding Table Tennis Table.
awoD0 TIL that Christopher Jackson, who played George Washington in Hamilton, provided the singing voice of Chief Tui in Moana
wLJy1 TIL each soldier in the British army was rationed 3 sheets of toilet paper per day in WW2. American soldiers were rationed to 22,5 sheets per day.
16Gl8 TIL that Roly-Polys or Pill Bugs are terrestrial crustaceans and are more closely related to lobsters, crabs, and shrimps