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TIL part of Spetznaz training involves being put in a prison uniform tasked with crossing Moscow in 24 hours, while an APB is put out on you. Police may use lethal force.

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Mve0 TIL that in 2001 a Hooter’s restaurant held a sales contest for servers offering the prize of a new Toyota. When a server won, she was presented with a new “toy yoda”. She sued the restaurant for deception and won enough money to buy a new car.
Wk7wY Microwaves can transform a frozen pizza into hot, melted goodness in four minutes flat, but they can't rescue your melted ice-cream sundae. To cook food, a microwave oven converts voltage into high-frequency electromagnetic microwaves. The molecules in food—especially water and fat—absorb this energy and wiggle at high speeds, causing them to heat rapidly and warm the surrounding food. Although quickly turning leftovers cold would be handy, this is a one-way operation, explains David Pozar, a professor and microwave expert at the University of Massachusetts.
m1G1y TIL that it’s common for your nose to run while defecating. It’s a result of your parasympathetic nervous system being activated that causes what is called “defecation rhinorrhea” in the sinuses.
4opw TIL that the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, was an atheist.
yMv TIL That the chapter in which Barty Crouch, played by David Tennant, dies was titled “The Parting of Ways.” The first episode David Tennant played The Doctor in was also titled “The Parting of Ways.”