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TIL in 1952, Navy LT Jimmy Carter led a team of nuclear scientists in disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor undergoing meltdown. Carter, alongside others, personally lowered himself into the reactor to disassemble it by hand, exposing himself to one thousand times the level of safe radiation.

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AN7E4 TIL when the 1991 Doors biopic was in development, John Travolta was one of the top picks to play Jim Morrison. Singer Bebe Buell recalled how she witnessed Travolta’s “unofficial” audition, and called it “mindblowing” how Travolta channeled Jim. The role later went to Val Kilmer.
l7peN TIL Acute effects of cannabigerol (CBG) on anxiety, stress, and mood: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, field trial
p89Y8 TIL that between 1999 and 2008, 834 people died in Laos from American bombs left unexploded after the Vietnam War.
b9JyQ TIL That there was a woman named Veronica Seider from Germany, who had vision 20x better than an average person. She was able to identify people from more than a mile away.
rRKed TIL during the 1904 summer Olympics marathon one runner hitched a ride, another was given rat poison and brandy as a stimulus, fourth place winner took a nap during the run, and two other runners were chased a mile by angry dogs