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TIL There are no reported cases of runners dying of dehydration during marathons — but there are plenty of cases of runners dying from water intoxication.
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TIL in the 1960s the US government dug a mile-deep hole in the ground and dropped a 40-kiloton atomic bomb in it, to release natural gas. It worked, but the gas was too radioactive to use, and the project was abandoned.
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TIL that interracial marriage was technically illegal in Alabama until 2000 (although unenforceable due to Loving v Virginia). In the 2000 referendum, only 59% of people voted in favour of removing these anti-miscegenation clauses from the state constitution
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TIL That Seahorses Lack A Stomach & Need To Constantly Eat To Stay Living
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TIL the term ‘footage’ comes from films being measured in feet when being edited in the early days of film making.