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TIL Carbon dating anything past the 1950's is likely to be unreliable because of the nuclear weapons testing artificially altering the proportion of carbon isotopes in the atmosphere

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7rP1x TIL After Oprah's famous "You get a car" episode, where she gave away 276 cars at a total cost of $7.6 million, many of the recipients sent in complaints to the show as they had all been charged a $6-7k "gift tax".
xnEB TIL Chef Anthony Bourdain had a kitchen knife custom-forged from a Meteorite
WkK68 TIL Amtrak always attempts to stick to schedule, even during a time change. If the time goes backward, the train will sit at a station for an hour so it's not early. If the time goes forward, it will run an hour behind schedule and attempt to catch up.
ey5g TIL In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent
NZn1 TIL Australia has compulsory voting. In the 2010 Tasmanian state election, 6,000 people were fined $26 for not voting.