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TIL in 1999 the WHO found food irradiation so safe, they deemed “risk assessment” inappropriate because there was no risk (document p. 162; PDF p. 67)

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QJMlp TIL of the “Coffin Torpedo”—a small shotgun secured inside the lid of a coffin to “prevent the unauthorized resurrection of the dead.” The shotgun fired lead balls at whoever pried the lid open and were used as an experimental deterrent to the rising tide of body snatchers in the late 1800s.
KolQ TIL Stalin’s body double was teased in school because of the resemblance with Stalin
rRQN4 TIL about the Mirlo rescue. In 1918, an U-Boat attacked a British cargo ship off the NC coast. The ship blew up, spilling oil onto the ocean which caught on fire. The US Lifesaving Service sailed through the fire 4 times to rescue 42 of the 51 aboard.
Me5ba TIL that the average white, fluffy cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds (~500,000kg)
xLy0 TIL that the company that makes the Etch a Sketch was on the verge of bankruptcy when it agreed to let its drawing toy be featured in Toy Story 2. Although the scene featuring an Etch a Sketch was only 12 seconds long, it resulted in a 20 percent sales bump that helped to save the company.