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TIL Common Smoke detectors in Russia use weapons grade Plutonium-239 for the source.

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mxYao TIL that some species of bamboo flower only once in decades, and do so simultaneously across the entire planet, regardless of location or climate
ZNxY TIL the UN put the cost of solving World Hunger at $30 billion a year. That’s less than $100 a year or around $7 a month per person in the United States.
5OEn TIL the McRib bun contains a chemical “azodicarbonamide” which is also used to make gym mats and shoe soles. This compound is banned in Europe and Australia as a food additive.
LQ0mP TIL: At 13, Waris Dirie fled her family in the Somali desert to escape an arranged marriage to a 60-year-old man. She made it to London and worked at Mcdonald's when she agreed to model for a photographer. She became a supermodel, appeared in a Bond movie & became a world-famous voice against FGM.
e0w0L TIL Sugar Ray Robinson wanted to pull out of a fight after having his only dream about boxing. In his dream he killed his opponent. After being reassured by a priest and minister, he decided to fight, and killed his opponent.