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TIL that the people of Bikini Island sued the US government for $563 million and won because of damage from nuclear testing. The US government has yet to pay.

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VnR4 TIL there is an adage known as Hanlon’s Razor. It states ‘Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.’
KY67E TIL about one in every 220 Americans was addicted to opioids in the 1890s, mainly from patent medicines, and one of the most popular treatments for addiction was injections of 'bichloride of gold', which sounded impressive but had no medical effects
ANZBl TIL The Nova Effect - events in life cause intense change of a person’s thinking
wvXJ TIL that Alexander Fleming predicted the rise antibiotic resistance in his 1945 Nobel Prize speech
VBLAZ TIL about Pelorus Jack a Risso's dolphin that was famous for meeting and escorting ships through a dangerous stretch of water in New Zealand. If the crew could not see Jack at first, they often waited for him to appear.