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TIL that Gene Kelly had a 103 degree fever when filming the title number for Singin' in the Rain

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b9O8E TIL in 1946 the Soviet Union built a secret city called City 40 to house workers of a nearby nuclear plant and their families. For decades the fenced city and its 100k inhabitants were officially non existent. Today the city is called Ozersk and it's been exposed to 5x the radiation of Chernobyl.
W9X TIL - Some companies in Europe have “Duvet Days”…contractually allowed allowances where if you dont feel like coming into work for whatever reason, you can just stay in bed. I want to move to Europe!
1axZ8 TIL that responding with compassion in the current crises is key because it can help reduce stress and anxiety, and keep our hearts open towards both ourselves and others (Gilbert & Choden, 2014; Hall et al., 2013; Weng et al., 2013).
PYBme TIL that Yamato, the largest battleship in history at 863 feet in length, was so big that she had forward- and aft-pointing arrows painted in the interior so sailors don't get lost
D1MEr TIL that the classic peace symbol was designed by super-imposing the semaphore (flag) signals of the letters N and D which are to represent 'Nuclear Disarmament'.