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TIL that the Indian army uses the world’s hottest chili pepper to make non-lethal grenades.

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woKJY TIL that in 1994, a 17-year-old boy scout named David Hahn attempted to build a nuclear reactor in a backyard shed at his mother's house in Commerce Township, Michigan. The experiment emitted measurable radiation and the EPA eventually declared the property a Superfund cleanup site.
4mV6 TIL Disney’s Mulan grossed $300 million worldwide but barely made $30,000 in her home province of Hunan,China. Some Beijingers say they found her too self-aggrandizing, and opposes Confucian culture, which emphasizes values of modesty and community
gMkA TIL Sean Connery was held at gunpoint, disarmed the thug and beat him to the ground.
pYRxe TIL Gorillaz' 'Clint Eastwood' isn’t an original riff and drum beat. It’s a preset called ‘Rock One’ on the Suzuki Omnichord autoharp
GApkE TIL I learned about Bagel Bakers Local 338, a local trade union that was established in the early 1900s in New York City and whose craftsmen were the primary makers of New York's bagels, prepared by hand, until the advent of machine-made bagels in the 1960s led to its end.