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TIL that the shockwave generated by the Tsar Bomba was so powerful that it was recorded by seismic stations around the world, confirming that the seismic shockwave circled the globe three times, shattering glass windows in buildings more than 400 miles away.

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p8BLN TIL that the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI director at the time, refused to acknowledge the existence of the Mafia. It was only when a local state trooper watched the home of mobster Joe Barbara on a hunch, that he stumbled onto a meeting of around 100 members, confirming their existence.
p8AEN TIL that the 1912 presidential election pitted against each other a former President, Teddy Roosevelt; the incumbent President, William Howard Taft; & a future President, Woodrow Wilson.
YWEW TIL that in a 2002 Pepsi contest in Novosibirsk, Russia, someone who bought a bottle of Pepsi could win a car if they picked the right key from a set of choices. However, when a man was able to open it, Pepsi sued him since they made the contest impossible by not having the right key as a selection.
awwZ9 TIL of the quietest place on earth is an anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories, where one can sit in complete darkness and silence: producing hallucinogenic feelings like hearing your body’s internal sounds, including heartbeat, and having a heightened self awareness.
ANx0n TIL at Germany’s Klaasohm festival on Borkum Island, masked men traditionally chased women and beat them with a cow horn, a ritual linked to whaling history. After public outrage and political intervention, the practice was abolished.