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TIL there’s statistical evidence that the number of archaeology students increased after the release of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

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ZNMY TIL the chainsaw was invented to be utilized during childbirth…
R58MQ TIL that the last Prisoner of War of WW2 who has been repatriated was Hungarian András Toma in 2000, captured in 1945 by the Red Army. He was sent to a psychiatric hospital in 1947 and got removed from the POW lists because of that.
KYvJE TIL Why the Trees on Your Street Smell Like Semen
69myY TIL in the 1990s a man gained an edge on a Spanish casino by recording roulette wheel results & analyzing them with a computer. He was able to predict certain numbers were more likely to hit next. After he won €600K, a legal case against him was unsuccessful; it ruled the casino should fix its wheel
oR8xE TIL the first ever nuclear meltdown happened in June 1948 at Reactor-A1 (nicknamed Annushka) at the Mayak Complex in Siberia. Annushka would melt down again in July 1948 and March 1949, the latter accident killing at least 173 people.