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TIL that in 1948, a U.S. Air Force meteorologist suggested testing nuclear weapons on the East Coast but was rejected. Instead, the weapons were tested in the West and exposed millions of Americans to fallout.

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KYEQ4 TIL users of the foot fetish site WikiFeet were involved in debunking a hoax involving a picture of a woman's feet in a bathtub, purported to be a nude posted online by a US congresswoman. The site's users identified the true owner of the feet, with the short toe length being a key piece of evidence
9YOa6 TIL that for the 1952 British Columbia election the Liberal/Conservative coalition introduced a ranked choice voting system with the hopes of keeping the surging Co-operative Commonwealth Federation out of power...it backfired and instead gave a majority to the fledgling Social Credit Party instead
d8nYK TIL that neon nail polish is not legal in the U.S. This is because the FDA has not approved the chemicals used in them and because companies do not want to register these new chemicals since it would be too expensive. This is why neon nail polish available in the U.S is actually imported.
8a6d4 TIL that there is an exact replica of Stonehenge made entirely out of cars putting Alliance, Nebraska on the map, aptly called Carhenge
9P8X TIL the Jay Treaty of 1794 between the U.S. and England so angered the French that they did not invite the U.S. to the Convention du Mètre, which is cited as a major reason why the US is not on the metric system.