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TIL there is a common misperception that a landmine is armed by stepping on it and only triggered by stepping off, providing tension in movies. In fact the initial pressure trigger will detonate the mine immediately.

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1V18 TIL: 17 hours of wakefulness causes a level of psychomotor performance equivalent to that of someone over Australia’s drinking and driving limit (0.05%)
j6pJX TIL the Skyline from Fast and Furious 4 was seized in 2009 by the US Border Force due to import and registration issues but was eventually released and exported to Germany.
e0kGL TIL Voyager 2 was launched before Voyager 1 because it was supposed to reach Jupiter after Voyager 1
D1wEp TIL that President Roosevelt stated that if the atomic bomb had been ready in time, he would have ordered the military to drop them on Germany.
ENdd TIL the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK is suicide