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TIL that a chest CT scan exposes patients to 250-350 times more radiation than a chest X-ray

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4X8Bg TIL of chimp Frodo who beat up Jane Goodall, fathered a baby with his own mother (and also ate a human baby)
Jbwj TIL that the white guy (Peter Norman) on the podium during the Black Power salute (by John Carlos and Tommie Smith) in ‘1968 was basically banned for life for defending them.
KgDQ TIL the Jamican bobsleigh team depicted in the movie “Cool runnings” was in two more olympic games. In the 1994 olympic they silenced many of their critics by finishing in 14th place, ahead of the United States, Russia, Australia and France. They where for a short while ranked 8th in the world.
PmEV TIL That a math cult lead by Pythagoras murdered the man that leaked the secret that the number root two was irrational.
5Vy7r TIL in 2010 Sam Ballard was drinking with several friends when he was dared to eat a slug that had begun to crawl across his friend's concrete patio. After he ate it, he'd find out the infected slug had given him rat lungworm disease, which put him into a year-long coma & ultimately took his life.