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TIL that strawberries today are bred to be bigger and look more delicious but on average, taste worse than they did 100 years ago.

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Z8YDQ TIL in 1958 A chemical operator at Los Alamos was killed after plutonium in a mixing tank went supercritical, exposing him to over 30Gy of hard radiation. After 24 hours his bone marrow contained no red blood cells
wox7E TIL Rather than bathing with soap and water, Benjamin Franklin preferred “air baths” - sitting naked in front of an open window for up to an hour.
Me5xW TIL of the Russian "Bitch Wars" following WW2. Prisoners who agreed to fight in WW2 in return for reduced sentences were thought of as bitches by the criminals who refused the offer, and they fought in prison.
EgPw TIL the shortest recorded war lasted only 45 minutes!
P6Ow TIL that in 2010, Haisong Jiang ran through the security gate of Newark Airport to give a goodbye kiss to his girlfriend. His actions prompted a 6-hour-long security closure of the airport, delaying over 100 flights and 1600 passengers. Mr. Jiang’s crime was declared a misdemeanor.