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TIL that fallout from nuclear testing has made it possible to carbon date people.

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Lk760 TIL the new Air Force One aircraft are 747's that were built and flight-tested for a Russian airline
6bQZ TIL of the International Friendship Exhibition in North Korea, which contains a VHS copy of Space Jam.
GYyM1 TIL I learned of Thomas Midgley Jr., who ""had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history". He played a big role in inventing of leaded gasoline in 1921. After that, he joined a team that invented Freon.
Oo4l6 TIL Matthew Wood, the sound director for the Star Wars sequel trilogy, decided to stop using the iconic Wilhelm Scream, made famous in the original trilogy, and introduced a different iconic scream that has been used in films but kept a secret.
a8xOA TIL the owner and operator of the silk road was arrested at the San Francisco public Library when two fbi agents pretended to be quarreling lovers to distract him while his laptop was open. This was to prevent any deletion of data.