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TIL Doping Cyclists in the early 90s at the Tour De France used so much EPOs that they had to exercise throughout the night to Prevent Heart Attacks in their sleep

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O77g TIL Ninjas never wore black. They darkest color they ever wore was blue (during nighttime). Mostly they wore the inconspicuous clothing of peasants, merchants, traveling priests, etc.
e4dn TIL 100 years ago today, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company called militiamen, company guards, and thugs to kill striking miners. They even brought in the “Death Special” which was an armored car with a machine gun mounted on it.
wmAW TIL there is a company designing a gravity powered light for 3rd world countries. Cost $10. Cost of maintaining, $0.
wLnw6 TIL of the Texas City Disaster, the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. The explosion, caused by a ship full of ammonium nitrate catching fire, was so large that the ship's anchor serves as a memorial to the explosion where it landed... a mile and a half inland.
epee5 TIL about Project X-Ray, also known as the Bat Bomb, which was an experimental WW2 weapon developed by the US. The concept was to drop hundreds of bats with timed explosives attached to them, let them roost in Japanese attics, and then ignite the explosives to make the houses ignite.