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TIL people use a banana for scale… when measuring radiation.

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XPWD TIL Mike Tyson’s first fight as a kid was with a bigger kid who pulled off the head of one of Tyson’s pigeons.
v0gB TIL that when actor John C. Reilly was 12 year old, he and his friends stole 500 boxes of Sugar Corn Pops from a freight train.
LQRJr TIL that in Mongolia there is a tradition of giving names with unpleasant qualities to children born to a couple whose previous children have died, in the belief that it will mislead evil spirits seeking to steal the child. Examples include Khenbish 'Nobody' and Medekhgüi 'I Don't Know'
VMdj4 TIL about the TKS Tankette. This WWII era tank was about the size and weight of a large pickup truck. The Polish Army reported heavy casualties due to its size and poor armor.
VMD5G TIL about Wendell Fertig, a US serviceman who rather than surrender with the bulk of US forces during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, “self-promoted” himself to Brigadier General and organized pockets of Filipino fighters and other US serviceman into a highly effective Guerilla force