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TIL that bagel-related injuries are so common that hospitals have special names for them.

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KODB TIL that we’re not just splitting atoms. In Switzerland they’re experimenting with splitting electrons too.
xVVeb TIL the FDA inspects or samples less than 1 percent of all regulated products seeking entry into the United States.
Z85eD TIL of Knut Haugland, WW2 Norwegian resistance fighter who took part in Operation Gunnerside which the film The Heroes of Telemark was based on. Haugland was later captured by the nazis and escaped, twice and would later be part of the Kon Tiki crew alongside Thor Heyerdal. A total badass.
6EwwY Today I learned that the final words of King George VI were “God Damn You”, said to the nurse who had administered him a sedative.
5jYn TIL that driving while drunk destroyed the Soviet spy network in the UK. After being arrested in London in 1971, Oleg Lyalin panicked and offered the names of every Russian spy. The UK government expelled 105 people from the country, and the USSR network in Britain “never recovered”.