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TIL in June, 1982, the largest non-nuclear blast seen from space occurred in Siberia. It was the result of computer sabotage orchestrated by the CIA.

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pYBGQ TIL that the rock climbing community has an agreed-upon difficulty scale they use to classify climbing routes. The highest difficulty level, 9C, has only been awarded to one route, named Silence, in central Norway. It was successfully climbed for the first and only time to date in 2018.
R7dp6 TIL Kogi ethinic group of Colombia choose male members of their society called Mamos at birth to become leaders. These selected children are taken from birth and put in a dark cave for the first nine years of their lives.
a87Go TIL a castle built over 800 years ago was briefly occupied by medieval crusaders. A latrine containing 30 years worth of castle excrement revealed that the folks there were malnourished & infested with worms. The worms associated with eating unwashed vegetables fertilized with human feces
R5pdw TIL -The honey bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man and it only makes about a 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in it's entire life!
EgDj7 TIL the language of Madagascar is related to the languages of Malaysia, Hawaii, and Easter Island