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TIL that in 1954 Edward Teller, so called "father of the hydrogen bomb", presented plans for a 10.000 Megaton bomb to the General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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QJ7Le TIL that while most men have a larger right than left testicle, the opposite pattern is seen in Ancient Greek statues. Scholars think this anatomical error is linked to the historical belief that each testicle separately contains the sperm needed to produce a male or female heir.
QJLxX TIL that risking Court Martial, Pilot Gail Halvorsen, made parachutes out of hankies to drop chocolate bars to German children during the Berlin Airlift. This eventually led to Operation Little Vittles which dropped more than 23 tons of candy to the children of a besieged West Berlin.
DQBvD TIL that most people "talk" to themselves in their head and hear their own voice, and some people hear their voice regardless of whether they want it or not.
Z81ZY TIL that Darwinian theory has no explanation for why a species with mating rituals does not completely lose all male genetic variants since females are only attracted to certain specific male characteristics. This is known as the Lek paradox.
ANMDl TIL: Using data from 60 countries on road quality, traffic deaths, and vehicle crime rates, researchers ranked the most dangerous countries to drive in. Lebanon is #1 overall. Thailand has the most deaths. The US - #12, Russia -#10. The safest were Singapore, Switzerland, Japan.