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TIL researchers discovered that a single 2×2 LEGO brick can handle 950 pounds of force in a hydraulic press before breaking

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OGKj4 TIL Uranus has a newly discovered moon, just 6 miles (10 km) across, bringing its total to 29. It was detected in 2025 using the James Webb Space Telescope
b6bg9 TIL the phrase "the dog that didn't bark" is from Sherlock Holmes short story Silver Blaze: a dog in a barn does not bark when someone steals a race horse & Holmes infers whoever stole the horse was familiar with the dog. Common usage today means someone who knew about a crime and said nothing.
5RjB TIL that pilots and flight crews are federally classified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as “radiation workers” and receive higher doses of radiation than all other US radiation-exposed workers.
gkRX TIL the CIA released reports in 2007 detailing how it partnered with the Mafia to assassinate Castro
1aPd8 TIL of the Lockheed bribery scandals. Starting in the 1950s, officials of Lockheed, the aerospace company, bribed many influential individuals including a Dutch prince, a Japanese mob boss and a Saudi Arabian arms dealer in order to negotiate favourable deals. The bribes were exposed in the 1970s.