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TIL the leaders of a 1977 miners strike in Communist Romania were given 5 minute chest x-rays after the strike was over to ensure they would develop cancer.

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PDjn TIL in the Catholic sainthood process “the Devil’s advocate”, was a canon lawyer appointed to argue against the canonization of a candidate. They would take a skeptical view of the candidate’s character, look for holes in the evidence, and argue that attributed miracles were fraudulent.
Ekjd TIL that Columbian drug cartels have custom-designed fibreglass submarines to smuggle cocaine. They’re designed to carry about 4 people and are extremely hard to detect.
R7BY6 TIL the US Gemini space capsule had to be redesigned because 14 of the 16 astronauts didn't fit in it. The original design relied so heavily on input from Mercury astronaut 'Gus' Grissom, who was 5' 6", that it was nicknamed the "Gusmobile."
DWEj TIL 70% of African-American children and 58% of Hispanic children do not know how to swim compared to 40% white children.
BMAL TIL A man named Will Purvis survived a hanging because the noose became untied. He had previously told all 12 jurors that he would “Live longer than the lot of them”. He died 3 days after the last juror had died.