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Til about Anti-Flash White, a type of aeroplane paint designed to reflect some of the radiation from a nuclear bomb.

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oBndr TIL that scientifically chicken noodle soup helps relieve symptoms of the common cold.
rArw TIL despite claims of being inefficient, recycling is cheaper than mining and refining aluminum
yVN4M TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year.
WkNN4 TIL in 1908, a meteor exploded over Siberia and flattened over 770 sq miles (2000 km) of forests. Though it disintegrated ~3 miles above Earth, it created an airburst with 1000x more energy than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Incredibly, only 3 people were killed.
7r7Yp TIL about Devin McLean, an Air Force veteran who saved his boss from an armed robber and was later fired by AutoZone for violating workplace policy.