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TIL I learned about Herschel "Woody" Williams. The last surviving WWII Medal of Honor recipient.

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QJKJd TIL about Deadline, 1944 sci-fi story about the use of nuclear bomb. It includes topics such as uranium enrichment, methods of isotopic separation and moral questions about the weapon. Author had no knowledge of Manhattan project and came up with the idea from scientific journals.
7rNWx TIL Grindadráp is a tradition of the Faroe Isalands. in Denmark, were they slaughtered 1,000 long-finned pilot whales a year.
Zp4Xp TIL there are over 70 variations of the original San Diego Roberto's: Alberto's, Aliberto's, Hilberto's...
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R5By9 TIL: In 2018, researchers found that in Scotland, the amount of drugs consumed per session was more than double the global average. In additional, 36.7% of users reported that drugs were delivered within 30 minutes. Other data also showed that Scotland had high hospitalization rates due to alcohol.