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TIL the Los Alamos National Laboratory has a guide for what to do if you come across a nuclear-powered cardiac pacemaker [PDF]

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dDVoZ TIL about the Anglo-Zanzibar War, which took place on August 27, 1896. It was just a thirty-eight minute war between the British Empire and the East African island nation of Zanzibar, making it the shortest war in history.
9YmQQ TIL that Pixar producer Darla K. Anderson used to play practical jokes on director Andrew Stanton. As revenge, Stanton named the fish killer in Finding Nemo after her.
wgNJ TIL the King of Jordan appeared in Star Trek.
ENdd TIL the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK is suicide
ANA9B TIL: Burger King has a spa in Finland