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TIL that approximately 25% of the United States' nuclear arsenal is protected by dolphins, and has been so since 2010

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LoKp TIL that in Soviet Russia, laser weapons were developed for cosmonauts to kill astronauts by burning holes through their space suit.
78GNb TIL At least two people have had a BAC higher than 1.0 and lived.
vLB7 TIL that “only” 20 people have been boiled alive in Yellowstone National Park.
DQKpD TIL that the movie character Raymond from the Academy Award winning movie Rain man was based on real life savant, Kim Peek. He could simultaneously read the left side and right side pages of a book at the same time and had complete memory of over 12,000 books.
7rnK7 TIL Waffle House has its own record label called "Waffle Records." They've produced about 40 songs including "There Are Raisins in my Toast." They hold 1% of all plays at Waffle House jukeboxes.