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TIL that when a poisonous gas leak was found at 11:45pm immediately before the Bhopal disaster in 1984 that killed thousands, a decision was made to do something about it after the 12:15am tea break.

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ADNln TIL about Governor McGovern
L1xP TIL The first woman to break the sound barrier was an american WWII veteran. Her own government denied her use of a plane, so she asked the Canadian military. They loaned her a plane plus 16 crew AND shipped them to California so she could break the record even though she wasn’t a citizen.
oODL TIL a man broke out of jail because he was fed up with the loud rap music being played ‘day and night’ on his wing
NXLW6 TIL that more people have been in space than have sailed non-stop around the world.
newbG TIL a man was killed by a Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park in 2011. It was determined his running from the bear caused the attack, and it was a "one in 3 million occurrence." The bear was not put down until it was found near another fatal attack the next month.