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TIL that there are digital high security combination locks that can detect robotic dialing, and can even support two-person locking with one physical dial

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8eG8a TIL that the Brazilian jumping spiders bite can cause severe pain, problems with the heart and breathing but also a penile erection that lasts for several hours, and in some cases death.
X0opR TIL there was a single fatality at the Nevada test site, where the U.S. detonated over 1,000 nuclear warheads. He died when a crater collapsed.
wLXDo TIL Heroin was synthesized in 1897 at Bayer pharmaceutical by German chemists looking for a less potent form of morphine. Bayer marketed heroin as a "non-addictive morphine substitute" for cough suppressants.
a8dkM TIL that Pizza Hut are ‘The Official Sponsor of Dominoes'
wv9Y TIL the Ancient Babylonians took their beer so seriously, if a brewer was found to be watering down his beer, he’d either be drowned in the barrel or forced to keep drinking it till he died