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TIL Nebraska has Admirals.

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yd0e TIL that in 1979 there was an anthrax leak at a Soviet military facility that killed most of the workers in a factory downwind. The USSR denied having an active biological weapons program, but in 1992 a team of inspectors discovered how the accident had occurred.
VMrKD TIL Snapple tried to break the world record for the biggest Popsicle only to fail and flood Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.
Y7L6r TIL that Jack Nicholson grew up believing his biological mother was his sister, and his biological grandmother was his mother. He found out the truth at 37 years old - when both of them had passed away.
P1Yan TIL that one of the discoveries proving plate tectonics were a thing, was figured out because of magnets the US ships were using to detect submarines.
W75eB TIL one of the biggest drug busts in the world was in Sylmar, CA. 20 tons of cocaine, worth $6 billion and about 5% of the world’s annual production, was left unguarded and secured with a $6 padlock.