The Man Who Survived Being Shot Through the Head By the World’s Strongest Laser

Alexander Litvinenko

This former KGB officer fled Russia to start a new life in the UK. It is suspected that the Russian government poisoned him with a lethal dose of Polonium-210, although there is no definitive evidence that the Russian government had anything to do with it.

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The More You Know

  • Ninety percent of the world’s population lives above the equator.
  • There are around 2,000 thunderstorms happening on Earth at all times.
  • 9% of Americans have phobias.
  • In 1966 and 1967, soldiers testing Agent Orange in Canada were told the chemical was completely safe and sprayed it on each other to cool off.
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