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TIL That London has a larger population than Scotland

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OoW6X TIL of Hisashi Ouchi, a victim of a 1999 Japanese nuclear plant disaster. Radiation burns caused him to have nearly zero white blood cells. Despite his pleas, he was kept alive for research purposes. After 83 days in the hospital, he died of organ failure.
GY66J TIL: Am-Phu cave in Vietnam is decorated with "hell" themes: sculpted demons "and fanged devils bathed in sinister red light, where hands reach up from the waters below and river monsters threaten to gnash (visitors') souls to bits." It's located under the mountain associated with heaven.
Y79Z TIL the captain in “Jaws” is named Quint because he is the fifth person to be killed by the shark.
x6gEk TIL deep penetrating "earthquake bombs", made of almost 50% high-tensile steel, were invented by Barnes Wallis, the British inventor of the bouncing bomb used by the Dambusters in WW2. The 22,000lb / 10,000kg Grand Slam was the largest non-nuclear bomb used in WW2.
OojLL TIL of the Leidenfrost Effect, which creates a protective water barrier around your skin, and allows you to smach molten steel without getting burned