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TIL: USSR used nuclear bomb to stop gas well blowout in Uzbekistan

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45kw TIL a United Airlines passenger fell asleep on a flight and woke up locked in an empty plane. She was discovered by a maintenance crew after 4 hours! At which point she was detained and questioned.
4nno TIL Japanese Macaques have local accents, just like humans. They also season their food (in salt water) and roll snowballs for fun.
Y7mgv TIL gum isn’t biodegradable. 105 tonnes of “gum” trash are produced each year.
bY9Q TIL at age 15, Jim Carrey quit school and became a janitor to support his family. They were living out of a van.
NW0J TIL there’s a macabre science around “beating heart” corpses. In many cases, doctors and health care providers aren’t sure who’s dead. There’s also the “Lazarus Effect” where a corpse will sit upright, raise its arms and cross them in front of their chest.