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TIL Nuclear Bombs Made It Possible to Carbon Date Human Tissue

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M7wXB TIL in 1970, actress Patty Duke was sleeping with 3 men prior to the birth of her son. Desi Arnaz Jr, actor John Astin and promoter Michael Tell. She married Tell, told her son Arnaz Jr was the father and John Astin ended up adopting the child, who would go on to become actor Sean Astin.
pyKA TIL that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China.
Ypmv TIL that when Charles Whitman began his shooting rampage at U Texas in 1966, a lot of locals grabbed their rifles and started shooting back. They kept him pinned down until the police could sneak up the tower and kill him.
glj9 TIL the Japanese killed more innocent people during WW2 (25,000,000+) than Hiroshima+Nagasaki and The Holocaust (246,000+11,000,000) COMBINED!
KYXy6 TIL Paula Baniszewski, who participated in torturing and murdering Sylvia Likens in 1965, attempted to escape prison twice in 1971.