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TIL that certain medical equipment requires steel produced before the first atomic bomb tests due to atmospheric radiation (usually from ships sunken prior to ww2)

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PZbE TIL that Prairie Dogs live in “towns” and the biggest one ever was 65,000 sq.km. and had 400,000,000 inhabitants
X0obE TIL hurricanes have never crossed the equator. Coriolis forces at the equator are 0, and for a hurricane to be formed there must be a spiraling wind pattern. The stronger the force from the Coriolis effect, the faster the wind spins and picks up additional energy, increasing the hurricane's strength
7rXOr TIL that, in the Australian state of Queensland, the government places trivia questions periodically to keep drivers awake and aware.
0wnl1 TIL of Mira, the dying star that has been shooting across solar systems. It has burned for roughly 300,000 years leaving behind materials to help start and create new stars.
G46J TIL When Simon Pegg was asked by a journalist whether England had not become too small for him after the worldwide success of Shaun of the Dead, he replied “It’s not like I’m going to be starring in Mission: Impossible 3.” Six months later, he was cast in Mission Impossible 3.