Post * 16ZJr — Curious Curator

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TIL in 1961 US came very close to nuking itself. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3–4-megaton nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. One of the bombs came close to detonating, with three of the four required triggering mechanisms having activated.

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oRk7r TIL that Hitler's regime in Germany drew inspiration from America's racial oppression during the era of Jim Crow laws

gr7dL TIL a man once tried to preach Christianity to a group of lions

b087 TIL Pope Francis is the first Jesuit Pope, the first Pope from the America’s, the first Pope from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first Non-European Pope in 1,272 years. I think he is also the first Pope to be a nightclub bouncer.

b1E4 TIL: In 2009 the city council of Madison, WI voted to make the plastic lawn flamingo the city’s offical bird

v1k4D TIL, there are only 3 countries in the world that still use the Imperial System. These countries are Myanmar (or Burma), Liberia and of course, The United States of America.