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TIL launching a nuclear weapon within the City of Chicago is punishable by up to 30 days’ imprisonment and a $1,000 fine [x-post from /r/Chicago]

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WW48 TIL that every July there is a spike in mortality rates and medical errors in hospitals due to medical students coming in as new interns. It’s called the July effect and/or Killing Season.
16pMr TIL that eating food containing poppy seeds really can cause you to fail a drug test for opiates
pYY1e TIL Celine Dion once said she got along more with older children and adults while as a child, preferring to not go to school due to being bullied; her brother would eventually introduce 12-year-old Celine to 38-year-old Rene, who would be her career manager and eventual husband.
0mRy TIL Stalin’s body double was teased in school because of the resemblance with Stalin
yojw TIL that Simon Pegg’s character in Spaced joked that every odd-numbered Star Trek film was “a bit shit” years before he was cast as Scotty