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TIL that while humans have abandoned the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, plants and animals are thriving despite the high radiation.

by whatilearned May 24, 2023, 1:15 am

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TIL that lead shielding during an X-ray not only isn’t necessary but may expose you to even more radiation

by whatilearned May 14, 2023, 1:15 am

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TIL During the Gulf War, A B-52 bomber and F-4 fighter targetted each other, thinking they were the enemy. The F4 fired a Texas HARM (High speed Anti Radiation Missile), causing damage. The B-52 was then renamed “In Harm’s Way”.

by whatilearned May 6, 2023, 12:11 pm

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TIL The South Atlantic Anomaly is an area where the Van Allen radiation belt is closer to the earth’s surface (200km from the surface). The SAA has caused false solar flare alarms, led to the destruction of the Hitomi telescope, and crashes laptops.

by whatilearned April 23, 2023, 3:08 pm

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TIL Vladimir Pravik was one of the first firefighters to reach the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26th, 1986. The radiation was so strong that it changed his eye color from brown to blue. He died 15 days later.

by whatilearned April 22, 2023, 4:06 am

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TIL during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, 50 of the plant’s 800 workers stayed behind during the evacuation. The workers, including older plan retirees, volunteered to be exposed to high levels of radiation while working to prevent a full meltdown of the facility.

by whatilearned April 15, 2023, 7:37 pm

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TIL, Hisashi Ouchi was kept alive for 83 days after absorbing 17 Sieverts of radiation, the highest level for any human being. Doctors kept him alive via blood transfusions and stem cell grafts. He had 3 heart attacks but was revived by doctors. This was all done at the request of his family.

by whatilearned March 28, 2023, 10:51 pm

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TIL a panel of scientists developed a plan to use cats that glow when exposed to radiation as a way to warn future civilizations about radioactive sites. The “Rad Cats” purpose would be explained in a nursery rhyme designed to be passed along, generation to generation.

by whatilearned March 6, 2023, 9:04 pm

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TIL that +/- 42k years ago, the “Adam’s Event”, a reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles, may have led to the extinction of mega fauna, Neanderthals, and forced humans into caves as the earth experienced intense periods of cosmic radiation, solar winds, electrical storms, and drastic climate change.

by whatilearned March 1, 2023, 12:36 am

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TIL The nucli of multicellular fungi cells can migrate, if a fungus encounters something strange like a substance that can’t be broken down, nuclei will concentrate in that area to try and find a mutation that can break it down, brute-forcing their DNA, seen also with consuming plastic and radiation

by whatilearned February 4, 2023, 2:04 am

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TIL the creator of Microsoft DirectX said that the “radiation” logo and the internal name “The Manhattan Project” was an intentional reference to atomic bombs, since they wanted to dethrone the Japanese from their dominance of the video game industry

by whatilearned January 17, 2023, 8:28 pm

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TIL all black holes emit radiation and, if they don’t consume enough matter, eventually evaporate and disappear

by whatilearned January 16, 2023, 1:34 am

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