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TIL The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan was intended for Kokura, but the pilot’s view of the target in Kokura was obscured by a cloud.

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xkww TIL there is a species of spider named Calponia harrisonfordi and a species of ant named Pheidole harrisonfordi in honor of the actor’s work as a conservationist and environmentalist.
KORB6 TIL pineapples are actually in a proto-carnivorous plant family called bromeliads. Water trapped in their crowns supports thriving mini-ecosystems, whose residents and their droppings are absorbed for nutrients (not energy) through their leaves, as most plants can actually do.
ldWB TIL that nearly all Japaneses school staff are trained to use a weapon called the Sasumata. It is a two pronged people catcher based off a medieval weapon of war that is used to immobilize intruders.
D16EJ TIL of Jerome Motto, who was an American psychiatrist and conducted the first suicide prevention intervention that reduced deaths by suicide.
YpDQ7 TIL that the original inventor of the fidget spinner did not renew its patent in 2005, as she couldn’t afford the $400 renewal fee. She is now struggling to make ends meet.