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TIL in 1957 five US military personnel agreed to stand directly under a nuclear detonation

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x6jGk TIL Men tend to dream about other men more often than women. Studies show that men's dreams are populated by around 67% other men, while women's dreams contain an equal mix of both genders.
DelP TIL that at the North Pole it is whatever time you say it is.
8aJwL TIL John Candy turned down the role for "Honey I shrunk the Kids" bc he felt his good friend, Rick Moranis, was better suited for it.
k5gE TIL Murakami when writing a novel gets up at 4am writes for 6 hrs then runs 10k or swims 1500m (or both) then sleeps by 9pm because repetition is a form of mesmerism to reach a deeper state of mind
e0Q95 TIL that, even after injecting yourself with epinephrine or receiving it from an ambulance in response to an anaphylactic attack, it's still advisable to visit the ER. 20% of the time, patients may need a second injection or other interventions because the first (for whatever reason) has failed.